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Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 1,956, February 2,007, March 3,175, April 6,216, May 11,942, June 5,597, July 4,213, August 3,810, September 4,007, October 3,280, November 2,051, December 1,830.
United States70,437
Canada15,550
Ontario9,292
Massachusetts7,014
Ohio5,899
Michigan5,488
Minnesota5,336
New York5,309
Illinois5,119
Wisconsin4,466

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderTurtles and Tortoises · Testudines
FamilyPond and Box Turtles · Emydidae
GenusPainted Turtles · Chrysemys

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Practise Painted Turtle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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