Western Painted Turtle

Western Painted Turtle MN_MG_4468

Western Painted Turtle MN_MG_4968

Western Painted Turtle MN_MG_4969

The Western Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) is the most attractive and intricately patterned of the painted turtles [June; St. Louis County, Minnesota]

The Western Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) is the most attractive and intricately patterned of the painted turtles [June; St. Louis County, Minnesota]

The Western Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) is the most attractive and intricately patterned of the painted turtles [June; St. Louis County, Minnesota]

The Western Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) is the most attractive and intricately patterned of the painted turtles [June; St. Louis County, Minnesota]

Rock Pond, UMD campus, Duluth, Minnesota

Rock Pond, UMD campus, Duluth, Minnesota

Rock Pond, UMD campus, Duluth, Minnesota

Rock Pond, UMD campus, Duluth, Minnesota

Rock Pond, UMD campus, Duluth, Minnesota

Western Painted Turtle Rock Pond UMD Duluth MN IMG_5237

Western Painted Turtle Rock Pond UMD Duluth MN IMG_5265

Western Painted Turtle Rock Pond UMD Duluth MN IMG_5267

Western Painted Turtle Rock Pond UMD Duluth MN IMG_5271

Western Painted Turtle Rock Pond UMD Duluth MN IMG_5274

Western Painted Turtle Rock Pond UMD Duluth MN IMG_5275

Western Painted Turtle group on log Pine Road Sax-Zim Bog MN DSC07208

Western Painted Turtle group on log Pine Road Sax-Zim Bog MN DSC07208

Western Painted Turtle group on log Pine Road Sax-Zim Bog MN DSC07211

Western Painted Turtle group on log Pine Road Sax-Zim Bog MN DSC07211

Western Painted Turtle group on log Pine Road Sax-Zim Bog MN DSC07212

Western Painted Turtle group on log Pine Road Sax-Zim Bog MN DSC07214

Painted Turtle Crex Meadows Grantsburg WI IMG_0265