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Chrysemys picta
On a log with a large red-eared slider. These are smaller and one has a red stripe midline of the shell. The head of the turtle is distinctive. The face has only yellow stripes, with a large yellow spot and streak behind each eye, and on the chin two wide yellow stripes that meet at the tip of the jaw. The turtle's upper jaw is shaped into an inverted "V" (philtrum), with a downward-facing, tooth-like projection on each side.
Lake Martin Bird Sanctuary is located in southwest Louisiana near Breaux Bridge.
The one in the back with a red line on the midline of the shell is a Southern Painted Turtle; Chrysemys picta dorsalis
Atanas could you look at this earlier spotting and help with its ID? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/216...
Spotted on Apr 21, 2013
Submitted on Apr 30, 2013
