This turtle is kind of funny-looking because it looks like a frog.

Painted turtles range across the entire continent, but the eastern subspecies (picta picta) is found from Nova Scotia to North Carolina and inland to Alabama. Typical habitats include permanent ponds, woodland pools, slow rivers, marshes, bogs, streams, wet meadows, and creeks.

The range of the Eastern Box Turtle extends from southern Maine to Florida and westward to Michigan. These turtles favor open woodlands but can be found in flood plains, near, ponds, streams, marshy meadows, and pastures. It is not uncommon to find this turtle soaking in the water of a pond, stream, or puddle.