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Bob Corrigan added text to "Brief Summary" on "Chrysemys picta SCHNEIDER 1783".
The painted turtle (Chrysemys pict a) is largely aquatic, living in...
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James Parham commented on an older version of "Economic Importance for Humans: Negative":
In some places there is a substantial harvest of painted turtles. Also, the title "Economic importance for humans: negative" seems a bit strange in my opinion...
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James Parham commented on an older version of "Economic Importance for Humans: Positive":
Turtles are actually not very easy to keep as they are portrayed and such statements may encourage the collection of turtles for pets.
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James Parham commented on an older version of "Physical Description":
The first few sentences, "Painted turtles are brightly marked. They have a smooth shell about 90 to 250 mm long. Their shell acts as protection, but since the ribs are fused to the shell, the turtle cannot expand its chest to breathe but must force air in and out of the lungs by alternately contracting the flank and shoulder muscles." ... are about turtles in general. They probably should be deleted from this species page.
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