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- freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States
How To Use painted turtle In A Sentence
- At this very moment our freezer contains, in addition to food for us and frozen rodents for pet snakes, a painted turtle, a star nosed mole, a Senegal bichir, his pet rat "Pam" (who he's saving until his pine snake is big enough to eat her), porcupine feet, and probably many other things I have not found yet. A Freezer Full of Mystery
- Open pond displays are homes to a wonderful collection of amphibians such as the red-eared slider, the common snapping turtle, wood turtles, painted turtles, and stinkpot turtles.
- Hatchling painted turtles commonly overwinter within their natal nests and survive exposure to temperatures as low as - 12 [degrees] C by supercooling.
- The marsh supports American toads, midland painted turtles, Blanding's turtles, snapping turtles, and Lake Erie water snakes.