The editor found that there seem to be a lot more people raising turtles recently, and painted turtles are one of the common species. However, many people do not know the physical characteristics of painted turtles when they buy them. The editor has compiled some information for you here, let's take a look!

Physical characteristics of painted turtles

The painted turtle's head is dark olive, with many pale yellow vertical stripes along its sides and extending all the way to its neck. Its carapace is oblong, dark gray, with green edges, no red longitudinal stripes in the middle of the carapace, and red curved stripes on the fringe shield. The middle of the plastron has brown stripes and markings. The painted turtle'slimbs are dark green with yellowish stripes and a short tail.