Painted turtle
Chrysemys picta
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Reptileomnivore
The painted turtle is a colorful reptile found across North America. It’s part of the pond turtle family and has been around for millions of years. Its subspecies adapted during the last ice age, making it a resilient survivor.
- Painted turtles have existed for 15 million years.
- They belong to the pond turtle family Emydidae.
- Three subspecies evolved during the last ice age.
FreshwaterWetlandNorth America
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Reptile
- Scientific name
- Chrysemys picta
- Habitat
- Freshwater, Wetland
- Regions in this directory
- North America
- Diet
- omnivore
- Relative size
- small
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern (LC)
