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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 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 floating logs in the sun, as well as on rocks or by the shore. During very cold weather painted turtles hibernate, burying themselves for months in the mud beneath streams and ponds.

The Painted Turtle is the only species in the genus Chrysemys. It is comprised of 4 sub-species.

Diet

The Painted Turtle, when young eats mostly carnivorously, dining on larvae, beetles and maggots. When they mature, they eat more omnivorously, eating snails, insects, crayfish and leeches. Their primary diet can include duckweed, water lilies and algal matter, as well as insects, worms leeches, crayfish, tadpoles, and small fish.

References

• "Chrysemys picta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 6 February. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

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