The western painted turtle (C. picta bellii) is the most common and has the most colorful shell, featuring a red pattern on the plastron.

Conservation groups in B.C.'s East Kootenay have been working for the past 30 years to conserve western painted turtles, saying without intervention, the species will lose most of its nests to ...

Several western painted turtles shortly after emerging from their nests on the shores of Elizabeth Lake in Cranbrook on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. (Corey Bullock/CBC News) Conservation groups in B ...

The beautiful bottom shell (plastron) of a Western painted turtle was exposed by some black-billed magpies when they caught it crossing a road at Market Lake. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com ...

Conservation groups in B.C.'s East Kootenay have been working for the past 30 years to conserve western painted turtles, saying without intervention, the species will lose most of its nests to ...

They found CYP2J19 showed high levels of expression in the retina and the red plastron of western painted turtles of both sexes, and lower, variable expression in the liver, black plastron and ...

If you see a Western painted crossing the road, by all means help it on its journey. The turtle people ask that you call them (250-995-2428) with details about the encounter. Turtle paparazzi are ...

The Western painted turtle – found in Inland Northwest ponds, lakes and slow-moving waters that have soft, muddy bottoms – has a way of being inconspicuously obvious.

plenty of food. And its ability to breathe through its skin made amphibious existence a snap. In these modern times, most Montanans see turtles as a greasy smear on highway asphalt. That's a shame ...

A week ago, I stood on the shore of a lake in the Sand Hills of Nebraska, watching the sun rise through diaphanous clouds. The surface of the lake was a gently undulating mirror, reflecting dawn&#8… ...

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