Western Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii)
Created: June 6th, 2011 - 10:36 PM
Last Modified: February 14th, 2012 - 08:14 PM Entered by: Stephen Staedtler
Record 79161
Last Modified: February 14th, 2012 - 08:14 PM Entered by: Stephen Staedtler
Record 79161
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Country: United States |
State: Pennsylvania |
County: Bucks County |
Time: 2011-06-04 18:20:00 |
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Qty: 1 |
Age: -- |
Sex: -- |
Method: Visual encounter |
Habitat: ----- |
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Body Temperature: ----- |
Air Temperature: 73.00F |
Ground Temperature: ----- |
Humidity: ----- |
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Sky Conditions: Overcast |
Moon Phase: ----- |
Elevation: ----- |
Barometric Pressure: ----- |
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Notes
This turtle is not native here, as this was clearly a Western Painted Turtle and not an Eastern one. I watched it for a good couple minutes. But a woman was fishing on the pier I was at and this turtle clearly was chasing the bait. Someone must have released it into the wild.
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