Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)

Painted Turtle

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Vertebrate

Sublevel 2: Reptile

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Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae

Genus: Chrysemys

Species: Chrysemys picta

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Chrysemys picta

Chrysemys picta — Adult
Essex County, MA
Date: 2013-06-23

Chrysemys picta — Adult and young turtle
Middlesex County, MA
Date: 2003-04-30

Chrysemys picta — Adult
Middlesex County, MA
Date: 2006-04-25

Chrysemys picta — Adult
Essex County, MA
Date: 2021-09-04

Chrysemys picta — Adult
Essex County, MA
Date: 2021-09-04

Chrysemys picta — Adult
Hillsborough County, NH
Date: 2013-06-14

Chrysemys picta — Predated nest
Hillsborough County, NH
Date: 2013-06-14

Chrysemys picta — Young turtle
Worcester County, MA
Date: 2003-05-13

Chrysemys picta — Young turtle
Worcester County, MA
Date: 2003-05-13

Chrysemys picta — Adult
Essex County, MA
Date: 2006-06-22