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Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

Photo by falconphysics
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Marsh

Species ID Suggestions

Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

Comments (3)

I don't know anything about turtles, so I will differ to you. Thanks!
There is no such thing as a Red-bellied Slider. It looks way too large and the carapace does not look right to be a Painted Turtle, but I guess that would be the best guess.
This is not a Box Turtle. This is a pond turtle, a Cooter of some sort. My guess is River Cooter, although you are out of range for all Cooter species. It is very possible it was a released pet or that Cooters have made their way up into the Great Lakes and it just hasn't been documented well yet.
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PublishedMay 26, 2013

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