I.D. Features:
- Carapace (upper-shell) is green to olive-brown
- Carapace has thin brown-yellow lines that are patterned and look like a "map"
- Carapace is noted to have a thin ridge running along the centre from head to tail (a painted turtle will not have this ridge)
- Often bigger than a painted turtle and no red colouring on its neck
- Similar to the painted turtle
- Small yellow spot is found behind its eye
Habitat Features:
- Likes slow moving wide rivers, large ponds, and lakes with muddy bottoms and lots of vegetation
- Found mostly in the western extent of The Land Between region
- Shy
- Active during the day
- Likes to eat clams, snails, crayfish, molluscs, plants and fishes
Range in in The Land Between (Ontario Nature Reptile Atlas): 