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Eastern Painted Turtle - Chrysemys picta picta It has a dark shell that has olive lines running across the carapace, dividing the large scutes. The margin of both the carapace and plastron have black and red markings. The head, neck, and legs have yellow stripes.<br /> <br /> Habitat: On a log in a small pond Chrysemys picta,Geotagged,Painted Turtle,Painted turtle,Spring,United States,picta,turtle Click/tap to enlarge

Eastern Painted Turtle - Chrysemys picta picta

It has a dark shell that has olive lines running across the carapace, dividing the large scutes. The margin of both the carapace and plastron have black and red markings. The head, neck, and legs have yellow stripes.

Habitat: On a log in a small pond

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Sorry had to re-identify this one as well, another case of duplicate species records. Posted 6 years ago

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The Painted turtle

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.

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Uploaded Dec 21, 2018. Captured Jun 2, 2017 15:57 in 70 East St, Litchfield, CT 06759, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/9.0
  • 1/790s
  • ISO400
  • 300mm