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	eastern painted turtle
		The plastron of the Eastern Painted Turtle is yellow.
		Eastern Painted Turtles are not eaten as often as larger turtles, such as snapping turtles.
		Painted turtles do not bite, but they have sharp claws which can scratch you when they try to get away.
	www.fcps.k12.va.us /StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/eastern_painted_turtle.htm (407 words)

	Painted_Turtle
		Painted turtles are medium-sized turtles that may reach a total length of 5.5 to 6.0 inches (Conant and Collins, 1998).
		Midland Painted Turtles are similar in appearance to Eastern Painted Turtles except that the scutes on the carapace are alternately arranged and there is a dark central figure on the plastron that is normally oval in shape and takes up half or less than half the plastral width.
		Midland Painted Turtles occur from Quebec and southern Ontario to Tennessee and northern Georgia and Alabama (Conant and Collins, 1998).
	www.marshall.edu /herp/Turtles/Painted_Turtle.htm (1034 words)

	St. Paul Pioneer Press \| 07/02/2006 \| SPOT IT WESTERN PAINTED TURTLE
		The painted turtle is the smaller of the two with a maximum length of 10 inches for the female and 7 inches for the male.
		The painted turtle is easy to find; it requires only a permanent body of water with a muddy bottom and an adequate number of suitable areas to sit in the sun.
		The sex of the turtle is determined in the eggs by the temperature during incubation; females are produced during higher temperatures.
	www.twincities.com /mld/twincities/sports/outdoors/14932047.htm (323 words)

	Warner Nature Center : Painted Turtle FAQ
		While painted turtles are able to withstand much colder temperatures than most cold-blooded animals, they do spend the coldest few months of the year burrowed in the soft mud at the bottom of their freshwater habitat.
		Painted turtles sleep underwater, buried in the sand or mud at the bottom of their habitat.
		A painted turtle shell is made of bone and is connected to the spine and ribs.
	www.smm.org /warnernaturecenter/programs/faq_painted_turtle.php (410 words)

	Western Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta bellii
		The painted turtle is probably Minnesota's best known turtle species, with the possible exception of the snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina.
		Painted turtles are often erroneously referred to as "mud turtles" by many Minnesotans.
		Western painted turtles are omnivorous, but because they have a fixed tongue, they can not swallow on land.
	www.herpnet.net /Minnesota-Herpetology/turtles/W.Painted_Turtle.html (847 words)

	Painted Turtle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) is a reptile that is common in North America, and is a water turtle related to other water turtles such as sliders and cooters.
		The turtle lives in ponds, lakes, marshes, and in slow-moving rivers that have soft, muddy bottoms.
		In the wild, this turtle may live for twenty to thirty years[1]; in captivity it can live over twenty years.They adapt to spend the night at the bottom of the wetland and also they have to have a baby it usually occurs in the late part of April.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Painted_Turtle (299 words)

	Hiker's Notebook: Painted Turtle
		Common Name: Painted Turtle, Painted terrapin - The carapace (the upper, dorsal side of the shell) is highlighted by scutes (the individual horny plates of the carapace) that have light-colored seams; the head, tail and legs are striped with red and yellow markings.
		The Painted Turtle is the most widely distributed turtle in North America, extending from southern Canada to northern Mexico and from coast to coast in the United States; it inhabits ponds, marshes and slow-moving streams that have soft, muddy bottoms.
		The painted turtle is marginally dimorphic; the male has much longer front claws than the female and has a longer and thicker tail in which the cloacal (anal) opening is located at a greater distance from the body mass.
	mwrop.org /W_Needham/PaintedTurtle_061016.htm (833 words)

	Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
		Painted turtles have the generalized body form of aquatic turtles, having a somewhat shallow carapace (as opposed to the high domed carapace of a land tortoise) and having webbing between their toes which facilitates swimming.
		Painted Turtles lay a clutch containing between 4 to 20 eggs in open areas that are exposed to the sun for much of the day, such as fields, roads, etc. (Storm and Leonard 1995).
		Painted Turtles are found in shallow lakes and ponds, as well as in slow moving streams and rivers.
	imnh.isu.edu /digitalatlas/bio/reptile/test/chpi/chpi.htm (711 words)

	Painted turtle, Chrysemys picta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Painted turtles are often erroneously referred to as mud turtles by many Iowans.
		True mud turtles are of the genus Kinosternon and do not have the many bright head stripes or the orange-red plastron of the painted turtle.
		Painted turtles which live in waters with muddy substrates have been reported to grow at a faster rate than those found on sand or gravel bottoms (Quinn and Christainsen, 1972).
	www.herpnet.net /Iowa-Herpetology/reptiles/turtles/painted_turtle.html (948 words)

	WDNR - Western Painted Turtle
		The painted turtle is distinguished by a relatively flat, smooth, keelless carapace that lacks serrations along the rear edge.
		The western painted turtle’s head and legs are dark with thin yellow stripes.
		Painted turtles prefer to live in marshes, ponds, shallow bays of lakes, and backwaters of rivers that support dense aquatic vegetation.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/land/er/herps/turtles/wpainted.htm (166 words)

	Painted Turtles
		Like the slider turtle, the painted turtle is mostly aquatic, but still required a dry area for time outs.
		Painted turtles are also omnivorous, and can be given feeder fish, chicken meat, special food sticks, and lettuce as food.
		Painted turtles are a little more complicated to keep as pets, because of their size and specific habits.
	www.petturtle.com /painted_turtles.htm (330 words)

	Reptiles and Amphibians » Turtles » Painted Turtle - Eastern Main Page
		Painted Turtles are most active during the summer and gradually become less active as winter approaches.
		The Eastern Painted Turtle averages between 5 and 7 inches, and the longest specimen found was 7.1 inches.
		The Eastern Painted Turtle subspecies is found throughout the Northeastern United States and is very common in Nova Scotia and Canada.
	www.centralpets.com /animals/reptiles/turtles/tur2630.html (642 words)

	BIOMES: PAINTED TURTLE INFO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Young painted turtles are carnivores, feeding on worms and underwater insect larvae.
		The main predators of painted turtles are raccoons and skunks.
		This turtle does very well in a terrarium (a tank that is part land and part water) although they should be provided with both an ultraviolet light (see basking above) as well as a heat lamp over the land part of the tank.
	www.biomescenter.com /paintedturtle_learn.htm (733 words)

	Robyn's Painted Turtle Page
		Here is a photo of an Eastern painted turtle that swam around in a pond in Pennsylvania owned by Judy in the summer of 2001.
		All painted turtles have red along the margins of their carapace which is generally dark.
		Painted turtles hibernate at the bottom of ponds from mid-fall until mid-spring in Maryland and similar climates.
	www.fishpondinfo.com /turtles/painted.htm (1438 words)

	Western Painted Turtle
		Painted turtles spend most of their time in shallow streams, lakes and rivers.
		Painted turtles are mainly carnivorous, but as they mature they eat more vegetation.
		Painted turtles mate from May to July, and lay l to 2 clutches of eggs a year.
	www.northern.edu /natsource/REPTILES/Wester1.htm (1286 words)

	Painted Turtle
		Females have shorter foreclaws, shorter and thinner tails, and tend to be larger.
		Painted Turtles can be found sunning themselves on rocks and logs and along the shores of ponds, lakes, and streams.
		Painted Turtles are omnivorous, eating fish, insects, aquatic plants, fruits and berries.
	www.scsc.k12.ar.us /BoubelikB/painted_turtle_information.htm (207 words)

	Painted Turtle - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Painted Turtle, common name for a medium-sized aquatic turtle found from southern Canada and the Pacific Northwest to the southeastern United...
		Turtle, reptile with a bony or leathery shell.
		- N American turtle: a turtle found near slow-moving water that has red or yellow stripes on its legs, head, and tail and red markings on the margins of its shell.
	encarta.msn.com /Painted_Turtle.html (137 words)

	Differentiating Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta ssp) - Darrell Senneke
		The most distinguishing characteristic of the Eastern Painted turtle is that it alone of all the species of chelonia found in North America has aligned carapace scutes.
		Male and female painted turtles can easily be distinguished by the long front claws present on the males.
		If you happen to encounter a painted turtle at a distance from the nearest body of water, particularly in the Spring or early Summer it is usually a female searching for a place to nest.
	www.chelonia.org /Articles/diffpaintedturtles.htm (889 words)

	Habitat Atlas For Wildlife at Risk \| Species Profiles - Painted Turtle
		Painted Turtles inhabit muddy bottomed ponds and marshes, the margins of small lakes, sluggish streams and river back-waters with abundant aquatic plants.
		Painted Turtles eat a variety of aquatic insects and larvae, snails, earthworms, frogs, tadpoles, fish and aquatic plants.
		Because turtle ribs form part of their shell, they are unable to breathe by expanding and contracting ribs; instead, they contract and relax their abdominal muscles to pump air in and out of their lungs.
	wlapwww.gov.bc.ca /sir/fwh/wld/atlas/species/turtle.html (657 words)

	Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) Care - Darrell Senneke
		Many turtle lovers have fond memories from their childhood of canoeing down a lazy river or across a quiet lake and finding hatchling Painted turtles.
		For adult Painted turtles we advise canister filters as they are easily cleaned and provide for excellent water quality.
		Painted turtles will consume vegetables, greens such as mustard greens, turnip greens, dandelion, spinach, carrots, zucchini and any aquatic vegetation, i.e..
	www.chelonia.org /Articles/chrysemyscare.htm (782 words)

	Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata)
		Midland Painted turtles belong to the family Emydidae, which is the largest and most widely distributed turtle family, being found on all continents except Australia, and containing ninety species.
		There were records for Midland Painted turtles in all five counties of the Kawartha Lakes region, and overall this was the species present in the highest abundance, accounting for 52% of the total number of turtle records in the area.
		Of the 1164 records for Midland Painted turtles in the OHS database, 15% were designated as DOR (dead on road), indicating the road related mortality is a fairly significant threat to this species, largely due to their terrestrial nature.
	www.trentu.ca /biology/turtlewatch/painted.htm (1228 words)

	The Science Behind Algonquin's Animals - Research Projects - Painted Turtle
		General Appearance: Painted Turtles have a 12 to 17 centimetre shell that is olive-brown in colour.
		Painted Turtles, like all other reptiles, are exothermic (cold blooded), meaning that they do not generate their own body heat like mammals.
		It is theorized that Painted Turtles may live up to 300 years and some of the turtles in the study ponds could be easily a 100 years or more.
	www.sbaa.ca /projects.asp?cn=316 (2762 words)

	Painted Turtle
		The painted turtle, also known as the Chrysemys' picta, is one of the wetland's most common reptiles.
		The painted turtle can be found in an area from the northern part of Mexico to the southern part of Canada and everywhere in-between.
		Turtles are a food source for some because they are used as meat, delicacies or soups.
	www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us /Wetlands/Turtles/PaintedTurtle/PaintedTurtle.html (616 words)

	VDGIF > Wildlife > Species > eastern painted turtle
		The painted turtle is the most common basking turtle observed in Virginia.
		The painted turtle is most active between March and October, but it may be seen basking on warm winter days.
		The painted turtle occurs in a variety of aquatic habitats that have permanent, slow-moving water.
	www.dgif.state.va.us /wildlife/species/display.asp?id=030060 (291 words)

	Painted Turtles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		For more species information about Painted Turtles, and about the sub-species you are keeping, refer to a field guide, as for example: "The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians" by Bebler and King.
		Painted turtles have red and yellow stripes on their neck, legs, and tail.
		Painted turtle eggs incubate an average of 10-11 weeks, but variation is considerable, depending on temperature.
	www.turtlecare.net /painted.htm (329 words)

	WDNR - Midland Painted Turtle
		Description: The midland painted turtle usually has a dark carapace with the marginal scutes strongly marked with red, and its plastron is usually pale yellowish-orange with a narrow elongated gray blotch running down the center.
		Both painted turtle subspecies prefer aquatic plants, snails, crayfish, insects, and small fish as food.
		Painted turtles spend a great deal of time basking on logs and on mats of floating vegetation on sunny days to warm themselves, speed egg development, digest food, and to maintain their shells.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/land/er/herps/turtles/midpainted.htm (158 words)

	Painted Turtle Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The painted turtle, Chrysemys picta, is a common turtle in North America; it is also called the painted terrapin.
		The painted turtle has a hard upper shell (the carapace), which is from 4 to 7 inches (10-18 cm) long.
		Predators: Raccoons, skunks, opossums, birds, snakes, and some other large turtles prey upon the painted turtle; the young are especially vulnerable to predators.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/turtle/Paintedturtle.shtml (344 words)

	paintedturtle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The painted turtle has a smooth fl or olive carapace with red bars or blotches along the edges.
		The painted turtle grows to be 3.6-10 inches long.
		Painted turtles are common throughout the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan.
	www.mucc.org /paintedturtle.htm (169 words)

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