PAINTED TURTLES! American Masterpieces

Painted turtles are some of the most beautiful turtles in the world and one of North America's most familiar species. They've captivated the herpetoculture community with not just their appearance but with their charisma and antics. Did you know there are 4 different types of painted turtles? Well, whether you know this or don't, this video will help you to accurately differentiate the eastern, western, midland and southern painted turtles.

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Chris and Casey Leone

[DanTheTurtleMan_]

One of my FAVORITE species! I'm glad they're getting the recognition they deserve. Just because they're readily available doesn't mean they're any less special 💚🐢

[echofoxtrot.]

I love painted turtles. Came upon an especially bright Wood Turtle this summer too. Saved him by moving him off a highway.

[TitoTitoTitoTito]

Love these types of videos.
My first turtle was a southern painted. I git him when I was probably 4 years old and still have him to this day

[Gretchen]

Painted are my favorite and the most beautiful.

[jenniferbeasley]

Always good to know! Thanks for sharing👍👍💚🐢

[turtlekeepingwithdrewandlu]

Life is simply better with painted turtles in it.

[joshuagraham]

The Western Painted Turtles are native here in Montana, and I absolutely love watching them bask in one of our local ponds. One of the interesting behaviors that's fun to watch is how they have a tendency to literally stack up on basking spots, sometimes even when there's plenty of room to spread out. I have pictures of these guys piled up in stacks three turtles high! :) They're also surprisingly good at climbing, a local researcher from the University discovered, when testing barriers to keep these little fellas off the highway, that wire fencing was insufficient, as they would just climb straight up and over --- you have to top the barrier with about a foot of aluminum flashing to keep them from getting a foothold to go over the top. I've also observed them climbing up wooden piers to bask on top of them.🐢💚

[richardcraig]

There's nothing cuter than a baby painted turtle.

[muffassa]

I haved loved turtles 🐢 my whole life, we rescued many turtles every year. We take them to a reserve for safety

[tylerniday]

Thank you for the great video Chris! Very few professionally done videos on this species. Love my midland painted. The markings and coloration are unlike anything seen in most reptiles. Their character is great also. Especially for a one armed rescue like mine. The entertainment never gets old.

[wildcreatureswny]

One of our favorite turtle species! We currently have 1.3 Midland Painted Turtles that were surrendered this past year. Beautiful creatures for sure. Also, I didn't realize that the Southerns moved to their own species. Great video as always!

[nifferscritters]

I have two 23yo western painteds and I love them dearly! I might be a little biased but painted turtles are my absolute favorite! They’re so cute🥰 and their markings are gorgeous! I love seeing the wild ones sunning on logs or poking their little noses out of the water in the summertime. 🐢☀️🐢

[K-kandyRoseYT]

Today my mom found a Western painted turtle in our backyard!
We live in Wisconsin, and it was the first time I had seen this turtle, it was very cool. We have a pond in our backyard, and the poor thing was really far away from it, so I gently picked him up and moved him to the pond, and he swam right in!

[johnflowers]

Eastern Painted Turtles are my favorite 👍

[eileenmcdougall]

I find your videos thought-provoking, and many I have to watch several times to absorb all of the information. With this video, I actually took notes. Keep up the interesting work!

[loriw]

I can now easily tell the difference. This was a great video, thank you! What beautiful turtles!!🐢❤️🐢

[greggwillman]

Great video. So informative and easy to follow and understand. I live in Austin Texas and many people here think the ubiquitous red eared sliders are painted turtles. How about a video showing the difference? Thanks for your great work. Say hi to Otis for me. He gets my vote👍

[ErrorintheAbyss]

My dream turtle would be a western painted, but I love my YBS too, and I wouldn't trade her for the world.

[obryan]

Been keeping western, eastern and southern for years. Pretty creatures.

[christinestryker]

I just literally stumbled on your YouTube channel a little while back, and I'm so happy I did:) Great video