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Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)

Created: June 26th, 2009 - 07:07 PM
Last Modified: June 10th, 2010 - 11:08 PM
Entered by: Mark Kral
Record 26688
Country:
United States
State:
Illinois
County:
Cook County
Time:
2009-06-10 19:30:00
Qty:
1
Age:
Adult
Sex:
Female
Method:
Visual encounter
Habitat:
Wetland Edge
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Comments

Posted by Corey Raimond on Jun 29, 2009 at 04:30 PM

This subspecies is not native to Illinois, I'm guessing this is a midland painted turtle (C. picta marginata) but can't say for sure without seeing the ventral surface of the animal.