Western Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii)
Freshwater omnivorous basking turtle found in western and north central United States and southern Canada. They reach up to 25 cm (10 in) shell length, the largest of the Painted Turtle subspecies. They have a very distinctively colorful plastron (under shell).
T - adult male, Bosque del Apache NWR, NM, USA, by JN Stewart
ML - adults basking, Skamania Lodge, Stephenson, WA, USA, by Sandy Richard
MR- plastron of adult female, Rio Grande Nature Ctr, Albuquerque, NM, USA, by JN Stewart
BR - juvenile, Washington Co., MN, USA, by Squamatologist
