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Is this hatchling a painted? If so what kind?


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Posted by bloomindaedalus on May 12, 2003 at 13:10:17:

In Reply to: Is this hatchling a painted? If so what kind? posted by critterfarm101 on May 12, 2003 at 11:41:34:

looks like a midland; see the dark marking on the plastron?
(chrysemys picta marginata)
but it couldbe a mixed blooded animal
ihave some eastern X midlands
some lose their dark plastral marking after a year or two.
where did you find him?
that's the nest way to guess but still not a way to be sure.
Here's a crude distribution map:

painteds





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