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Western Painted Turtle



Chrysemys picta bellii
  • 9-18 cm; record 25.1cm
  • Light, irregular lines on olive to brownish-grey carapace
  • Yellow plastron with large dark, irregular shaped central blotch
  • Often seen basking on logs
  • Lays 3-20 oval, white, smooth-shelled eggs
  • NOT AT RISK 







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