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Midland Painted Turtle Coming up for air, a Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) floats on the waters of a large pond at Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada. Canada,Chrysemys picta,Chrysemys picta marginata,Dunrobin,Geotagged,Midland Painted Turtle,Ontario,Painted turtle,Spring,reptile Click/tap to enlarge

Midland Painted Turtle

Coming up for air, a Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) floats on the waters of a large pond at Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada.

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The painted turtle is the most widespread native turtle of North America. It lives in slow-moving fresh waters, from southern Canada to northern Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The turtle is the only species of the genus "Chrysemys", which is part of the pond turtle family Emydidae. Fossils show that the painted turtle existed 15 million years ago.

Similar species: Turtles And Tortoises
Species identified by Greg Shchepanek
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By Greg Shchepanek

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Uploaded Nov 28, 2018. Captured Apr 14, 2017 17:15 in 133 Blackberry Way, Dunrobin, ON K0A 1T0, Canada.
  • DMC-ZS60
  • f/6.4
  • 1/125s
  • ISO200
  • 129mm