< Back | Name: | Southern Painted Turtle | | Family: | Turtles | | Scientific Name:
| Chrysemys dorsalis | | Description: | This small, aquatic turtle is known for its orange-red stripe along the middle of its shell. It may have small, yellow stripes on the sides of its head, and a yellow or red stripe on each leg. | | Habit: | Painted turtles like slow water with lots of vegetation and a soft bottom. They spend lots of time basking on logs and rocks. Like most turtles, they eat insects, crayfish, mollusks, algae, plants and dead animals. | |
State Occurrence:
| Gulf Coastal Plain and Delta. |
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Click Photo to Enlarge Suzanne Collins |
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