Midland Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta marginata
photo by Jeff Davis
Species Description: ...
Midland painted turtle.
Status: common
The painted turtle is the most common turtle in Wisconsin. I bet you've seen them in marshes, ponds, shallow bays in lakes and even in the backwaters of some rivers.
Midland painted turtle
Class: Reptilia
Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed
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Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata)
Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta)
Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) ...
Midland Painted Turtle C. p. marginata was described by Agassiz in 1857. This species is just slightly smaller than the Eastern Painted Turtle, reaching about 5.75 " (14.6 cm).
Midland painted turtles are among the most abundant and certainly the most conspicuous turtles in Ohio. They are particularly fond of basking and can be seen by the dozens on logs and along the banks of most bodies of water through the summer.
Midland Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) in Lower Peninsula has narrow plastral blotch. Western Painted turtle (C. p. belli), with expanded plastral blotch, intergrades with Midland throughout the Upper Peninsula.
midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata)
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It is probably the most abundant turtle in the state, persisting in heavily urbanized landscapes and severely degraded wetlands. There are two subspecies, the Western Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta bellii, and the Midland Painted Turtle, C. p.
and Mobile Bay drainages except portions of Black Warrior and Cahaba Rivers. Includes three intergrading subspecies, C. p. picta (eastern painted turtle), C. p. dorsalis (southern painted turtle), and C. p. marginata (midland painted turtle).
 See also: Turtle, Painted Turtle, Shell, Snapping Turtle, Reptile
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