Photo: Adopt-a-pond, Toronto Zoo
I.D. Features:
- Smaller fast turtle
- Red colouring underneath carapace and on neck
- Yellow stripes, but no red colour near the ears (red-eared sliders have red markings here)
- Smooth carapace
- Pale plastron
Painted turtle- left. Snapping turtle-right. Copyright. Christina Davy
Habitat Features:
- Generalists- like most small wetlands pockets, ponds, rivers and streams
Range:
Painted turtles are one of the most prolific turtles in Ontario: they are found throughout central and southern Ontario