Turtles
Report your sighting!Midland Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta marginata - 11.5-14cm; record 19.5cm
- Females larger than males
- Smooth, olive to brownish-grey carapace with orange-red margins
- Yellow plastron with dark central blotch
- Neck, legs and tail striped with red and yellow; yellow
blotch behind each eye - Males have very long nails on front feet
- Often seen basking on logs
- Lays 3-14 oval, white, smooth-shelled eggs
- NOT AT RISK
