Western Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii)
Created: August 4th, 2010 - 06:59 PM
Last Modified: August 15th, 2018 - 01:31 PM Entered by: Michael Peters
Record 51803
Last Modified: August 15th, 2018 - 01:31 PM Entered by: Michael Peters
Record 51803
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Country: United States |
State: California |
County: Contra Costa County |
Time: 2010-08-02 13:00:00 |
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Qty: 1 |
Age: Adult |
Sex: -- |
Method: Visual encounter |
Habitat: Manmade Urban Lake |
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Body Temperature: ----- |
Air Temperature: ----- |
Ground Temperature: ----- |
Humidity: ----- |
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Sky Conditions: Clear |
Moon Phase: ----- |
Elevation: 54.00ft |
Barometric Pressure: ----- |
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Notes
ID by consensus of people at FHF. May be western sub-species, but I'm not confident of ID at subspecies level. No other specimens seen in lake appeared to be this species, but it would not surprise me if there were more. Geo-reference is of part of lake where specimen was swimming.
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Comments
This is definitely a Western painted turtle...I am confident of that, having seen almost 1,000 of them. None of the others have any lines on top of their shell.