Reptiles of North Carolina
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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ALLIGATORIDAE
ANGUIDAE
ANOLIDAE
CHELONIIDAE
CHELYDRIDAE
COLUBRIDAE
DERMOCHELYIDAE
ELAPIDAE
EMYDIDAE
GEKKONIDAE
KINOSTERNIDAE
MISCELLANEOUS
PHRYNOSOMATIDAE
SCINCIDAE
TEIIDAE
TRIONYCHIDAE
VIPERIDAE
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Emydidae Members:
Chrysemys picta
Chrysemys picta picta
Clemmys guttata
Deirochelys reticularia
Glyptemys muhlenbergii
Graptemys geographica
Graptemys pseudogeographica
Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii
Malaclemys terrapin
Pseudemys concinna
Pseudemys concinna concinna
Pseudemys concinna floridana
Pseudemys rubriventris
Terrapene carolina
Trachemys scripta
Trachemys scripta elegans
Trachemys scripta scripta
Trachemys scripta troostii
NC
Records
Chrysemys picta picta
- Eastern Painted Turtle
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Taxonomy
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Testudines
Family:
Emydidae
Subfamily:
Deirochelyinae
Taxonomic Comments:
See species account
Species Comments:
See species account
Identification
Field Marks:
The eastern subspecies is characterized by its possession of transverse pale stripes on its carapace, following the seams between the scutes, particularly at the rear of the first and second ranks of pleural and vertebral scutes, which are aligned. In the midwestern subspecies, which approaches North Carolina from the west, these scutes are not as aligned and no pale stripes are present.
Morphological Features:
See species account
Technical Reference:
Palmer and Braswell (1995); Ernst and Lovich (2009)
Online Photos:
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Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution Comments:
Records shown in the map for this subspecies only include those where the subspecies was specifically identified. However, virtually all records for this species in North Carolina probably represent the nominate subspecies.
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Key Habitat Requirements
Life History and Autecology
General Ecology
Adverse Environmental Impacts
Status in North Carolina
Photo Gallery for
Chrysemys picta picta
- Eastern Painted Turtle
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Recorded by: Paul Hart
Harnett Co.
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Recorded by: Paul Hart
Harnett Co.
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Recorded by: Caleb Garner
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Caleb Garner
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Caleb Garner
Wake Co.
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