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Painted Turtle

Photo by TracyL
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MitchRay
Ah, if he grew out of it that makes sense. The dorsal stripe is what I was going by.
TracyL
oops it looks like he does but he grew out of that, lol
TracyL
Southern painters have a stripe going down the carapace
TracyL
Its a boy and he came right from a Massachusetts lake Cheshire to be exact, and he is in a tank he is also bigger now
MitchRay
That's a Southern Painted Turtle, Chrysemys dorsalis. Not the typical subspecies for your neck of the woods, but that does appear to be an aquarium.
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PublishedJune 7, 2011

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