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#REDIRECT Painted turtle |
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{{Taxobox | color = pink |
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| name = Painted Turtle |
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| image = Painted-turtle.jpg |
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| image_width = 240px |
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| regnum = ] |
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| phylum = ] |
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| classis = ] |
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| ordo = ] |
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| familia = ] |
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| genus = '''''Chrysemys''''' |
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| species = '''''C. picta''''' |
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| binomial = ''Chrysemys picta'' |
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| binomial_authority = (], ]) |
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| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies |
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| subdivision = ''C. p. picta'' - Eastern Painted Turtle<br> ''C. p. dorsalis'' - Southern Painted Turtle<br> ''C. p. marginata'' - Midland Painted Turtle<br> ''C. p. belli'' - Western Painted Turtle |
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The '''Painted Turtle''' (''Chrysemys picta'') is a ] that is common in ], and is a water turtle related to other water turtles such as sliders and cooters. The ] lives in ], ], ], and in slow-moving ] that have soft, muddy bottoms. |
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In the wild, this turtle lives from five to ten years; in captivity it can live over twenty years. The painted turtle spends most of its time in the water but often lies on a log to stay in the sun, as well as on a rock or by the shore. During very cold weather painted turtles ], burying themselves for months in the mud beneath streams and ponds. |
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The Painted Turtle is the only species in the genus ]. It is comprised of 4 ]. |
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==Diet== |
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The Painted Turtle, when young eats mostly carnivorously, dining on ], ] and ]. When they mature, they eat more omnivorously, eating ], ], ] and ]. |
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==References== |
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*{{ITIS|ID=173783|taxon=Chrysemys picta|year=2006|date=6 February}} |
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