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Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

Class
Reptile
Family
Emydidae
Genus
Chrysemys
Also known as
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Painted Turtle research

573 published papers in the HerpAtlas library. Most cited below, or see the latest research →

Painted Turtle natural history notes

Field and captive observations published in Herpetological Review's Natural History Notes. Each is a single observation, summarized by us, with a link to the original.

Anthropogenic mortality

  • Geoffrey R. Smith, Jenna R. Zarlingo, and Siana A. Collier · 2020 · Herpetological Review 51(1): 108–109 · Read the note

As introduced predator

  • Karen Swaim · 2009 · Herpetological Review 40(3): 332 · Read the note

Basking behavior

  • Drew R. Davis and Jillian K. Farkas · 2019 · Herpetological Review 50(4): 770 · Read the note

  • 2018 · Herpetological Review 49(3): 524–525 · Read the note

Coloration

Egg mortality

Egg retention

Endoparasites

  • Marisa Tellez · 2016 · Herpetological Review 47(3): 451–453 · Read the note

Extreme weather event

  • John B. Iverson and Patrick J. Baker · 2016 · Herpetological Review 47(2): 283 · Read the note

Head abnormality

Interspecific basking

  • Nicole M. Flood and Andrew S. Weber · 2019 · Herpetological Review 50(2): 347–349 · Read the note

  • Sean M. Hartzell · 2015 · Herpetological Review 46(4): 621 · Read the note

Longevity

Lordosis

Mortality

Mouth anomaly

Nesting habitat

  • Steven G. Platt, David M. Rohr, Kyaw Thu Zaw Wint, and Thomas R. Rainwater · 2022 · Herpetological Review 53(1): 112–114 · Read the note

Novel railway mortality

  • Kyle D. Vincent, Jesse N. Popp, and Jacqueline D. Litzgus · 2022 · Herpetological Review 53(2): 308–309 · Read the note

Overwintering

Plastron color variation

Predation

  • 2019 · Herpetological Review 50(4): 770–771 · Read the note

  • 2018 · Herpetological Review 49(4): 731–732 · Read the note

  • 2014 · Herpetological Review 45(3): 482–483 · Read the note

  • Aaron R. Krochmal · 2013 · Herpetological Review 44(4): 658 · Read the note

  • Jeffrey C. Beane and Kelly E. Douglass · 2005 · Herpetological Review 36(3): 310–311 · Read the note

  • 1992 · Herpetological Review 23(3): 80 · Read the note

Railroad mortality

  • Steven G. Platt and Jordan M. Gray · 2025 · Herpetological Review 56(4): 424–425 · Read the note

Record carapace length

  • Alyssa Stulberg and Christopher M. Somers · 2015 · Herpetological Review 46(4): 617 · Read the note

Reproductive output

  • Katherine Greenwald and John B. Iverson · 2022 · Herpetological Review 53(1): 115–117 · Read the note

Siamese twins

Size

Trapping

  • Sonia T. Z. Cechin and Paulo Afonso Hartmann · 2001 · Herpetological Review 32(3): 184–187 · Read the note

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