What is Painted turtle?
{{Speciesbox | name = Painted turtle | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|15|0}}<small>[[Neogene]]–[[Holocene|recent]]</small>{{sfn|Ernst|Lovich|2009|p=184–185}} | image = Painted Turtle (14541060047).jpg | image_caption = Western painted turtle | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163467/97410447|title=''Chrysemys picta''|access-date=2013-10-19}}</ref> | genus = Chrysemys | species = picta | authority = ([[Johann Gottlob Schneider|Schneider]], 1783) }} The '''painted turtle''' (''Chrysemys picta'') is a type of [[turtle]] that lives in [[North America]]. It lives in slow-moving fresh waters, from southern [[Canada]] to northern [[Mexico]], and from the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] to the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]]. They prefer to live in [[wetland]]s that are covered in water for long periods of time, and that have plants growing through the water.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cosentino|first=Bradley|date=September 11, 2010|title=Wetland hydrology, area, and isolation influence occupancy and spatial turnover of the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta|journal=Landscape Ecology|volume=25|issue=10|pages=1589–1600|doi=10.1007/s10980-010-9529-3|s2cid=38488888 }}</ref> Fossils show that the painted turtle existed 15&nbsp;million years ago.{{sfn|Ernst|Lovich|2009|p=184–185}} The adult painted turtle is 13–25&nbsp;cm (5–10&nbsp;in) long. The male is smaller than the female.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Healey|first=Mariah|title=Painted Turtle Care Sheet|url=https://reptifiles.com/painted-turtle-care-sheet/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=ReptiFiles}}</ref> The turtle's top shell is dark and smooth, without a ridge. Its skin is green to black with red, orange, or yellow stripes on its neck, legs, and tail.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The painted turtle, ''Chrysemys picta'' |journal=Tortuga Gazette |date=October 1992 |first=Mary |last=Cohen |volume=28 |issue=10 |pages=1–3| url=http://www.tortoise.org/archives/chrysemy.html |access-date=2011-01-05}}</ref> The tur