Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Painted Turtles

Chrysemys picta

Description:

The painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) is the most widespread native turtle of North America. It lives in slow-moving fresh waters, from southern Canada to Louisiana and 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. Four regionally based subspecies (the eastern, midland, southern, and western) evolved during the last ice age. [Wikipedia]

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

2 Comments

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Thanks for the nice comment kdpicturemaker! Cropped pictures are nice to show the creature, but sometimes less is more.

kdpicturemaker
kdpicturemaker 10 years ago

And I love this image showing the creature as well as the habitat perfectly, and the reflection and colour tone...! I can only sit and stare in awe of nature and admire the people who are able to capture it all so beautifully.

Tom15
Spotted by
Tom15

Bolton, Massachusetts, USA

Spotted on Mar 29, 2013
Submitted on Mar 30, 2013

Related Spottings

Painted Turtle Painted Turtle Painted turtle Painted Turtle

Nearby Spottings

Meadow Vole Meadow Vole Painted Turtle Spider Beetle

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team