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Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
jmorlan

Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)

The Painted Turtle is the most widespread native turtle in North America. Its name comes from the bright yellow and red markings as seen here. Three or four regionally based subspecies are recognized. This one is the Midland race "C. p. marginata" characterized by a shadow mark on its plastron.
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Location
Magee Marsh, Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA.
Date taken
13 May 2022.
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Oh my!!! What a lovely close view you got of this turtle Joe - quite pretty , isn't he.

A wonderful picture lad - thanks.
 

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Category
Reptiles
Added by
jmorlan
Date added
View count
126
Comment count
2

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
Aperture
ƒ/5.6
Focal length
117.9 mm
Exposure time
1/320 second(s)
ISO
200
Filename
PaintedTurtleIMG_7709.jpg
File size
138.6 KB
Date taken
Fri, 13 May 2022 12:06 PM
Dimensions
1024px x 740px

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