PAINTED TURTLES! American Masterpieces

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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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@DanTheTurtleMan_ 2 жыл бұрын

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 💚🐢

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

100% dude

@roxannbenn80 2 жыл бұрын

Lookmn nun him till no

@Gretchen5446 3 ай бұрын

They are the most beautiful of all turtles. Especially the Western.

@Gretchen5446 Ай бұрын

Painted are my favorite and the most beautiful.

@echofoxtrot2.051 2 жыл бұрын

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

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and thank you for saving that turtle!

@echofoxtrot2.051 2 жыл бұрын

@@GardenStateTortoise You're welcome and of course. I wouldn't have been able to sleep knowing I just left (him?) there. :)

@maniakkinapell9929 Ай бұрын

Me too just today

@TitoTitoTitoTito 2 жыл бұрын

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

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome and thank you for watching!

@joshuagraham3854 2 жыл бұрын

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.🐢💚

@jackpepper2501 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome share! Thank you GST!

@RichardHowie 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy you all and Otis rocks!

@karenthomas2302 2 жыл бұрын

Such beautiful baby’s, tfs hugs

@loriw2661 2 жыл бұрын

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

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much and glad it helped!

@ako_ito 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. 😍

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@greggwillman1819 2 жыл бұрын

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👍

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gregg, that’s a great idea for sure. Will do.

@quix66hiya22 2 жыл бұрын

Loved all those turtles in the ponds at UT Austin and where I lived at the seminary across the street. Lots of fun feeding the ones at the seminary.

@ianparkinson7039 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful turtles

@wildcreatureswny 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! And yeah, it was very recent, only a few months back that they were moved to full species rank.

@wildcreatureswny 2 жыл бұрын

Taxonomy changes so often it's hard to keep up sometimes!

@christinestryker784 2 жыл бұрын

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

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Christine!!!!

@Rooster_B18C 2 жыл бұрын

Love my eastern painted turtle 🐢

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@eileenmcdougall4138 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@sheilamore3261 2 жыл бұрын

They are all absolutely beautiful🥰

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sheila!

@muffassa6739 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Playeroffaceless 2 жыл бұрын

I had a painted turtle named Ti-pi as a kid c: They were a great pet.

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I had one that we named spot.

@tylerniday8935 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@jennfursketeer2323 2 жыл бұрын

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. 🐢☀️🐢

@ridndunss554 2 жыл бұрын

I love turtles

@Sequoyah_7 11 ай бұрын

My fantasy: To own and care for, a turtle of some kind, I just love them. Love your informative videos!

@dulcessuculentasymas5753 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!! Very beautifull,I Love this!! 🌱😊🌹

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks and thanks for watching!

@sagatrevino5981 2 жыл бұрын

Beuatiful turtles amigo ,

@jenniferbeasley9966 2 жыл бұрын

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

@K-kandyRoseYT 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@obryan240 2 жыл бұрын

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

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent 👍🏻

@Ceebrze3 2 жыл бұрын

Very good video! Not that I will ever need to distinguish between them, but I still find their differences remarkable. Thank you!

@johnflowers2736 Жыл бұрын

Eastern Painted Turtles are my favorite 👍

@noongourfain Жыл бұрын

Thank you again!! Very informative.

@noongourfain Жыл бұрын

I have 2 rescued red eared sliders here in a kiddie pool, well filtered in my apartment. Can't ever be released of course. Here in Brooklyn NY One came from my downstairs neighbors...kept the poor thing in a filthy tank. The female I have came from a family who were in crisis and could not care for her anymore. She had at least 4-5 years of unshed scoots...she looks MUCH better now. She was always kept in water never allowed to bask and fed only on blueberries. She laid 11 eggs as soon as we got her and set up a nesting box. I have a few problems with these 2 turtles and need advice.

@ErrorintheAbyss 2 жыл бұрын

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

@ricomartinez6145 2 жыл бұрын

I have a eastern and western hatchling. Named deja and skittlez. I love my little turtles. They share a tank with some Malawi cichlids a couple blood parrots a school of danios and a firemouth. I love my fish tank.

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Ahh so awesome love cichlids!

@hisgrace956 Жыл бұрын

I definitely have two Midland painted turtles. Boy and baby girl

@jetjiles49 7 ай бұрын

I hope you do a follow up on these turtles on how to care for them and how much space they need. :D

@turtlekeepingwithdrewandlu6990 2 жыл бұрын

Life is simply better with painted turtles in it.

@richardcraig8780 2 жыл бұрын

There's nothing cuter than a baby painted turtle.

@hoosier_turtles_and_tortoises 2 жыл бұрын

Picta Bellii come all the way to the western side of Indiana which I’ve seen in the field. Picta picta are also supposed to be found on the eastern side of the state, but I’ve not seen them.

@ckn8645 2 жыл бұрын

I am Japanese. Your video will be helpful as you can learn about turtles and study English at the same time.

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and I’m glad it will be helpful!

@DaybirdAviaries 2 жыл бұрын

I live right in the middle of that white circle in Alabama where none exist.

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow!

@NeuKrofta 2 жыл бұрын

We have the best wildlife and turtles in my opinion, they are awesome. I love your videos, they are so educational. How does one go about restoring the native population of the threatened ones? I want to save our beautiful box turtles.

@twoturtletom 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Chris and Casey. The midland that you have is really quite different than the painted turtles that live in Ohio, and I wouldn’t be surprised that it either came from the western area of intergrade if it’s a wild animal, or that it is possibly a hybrid. To me, it has more characters of a western painted turtle, including that longer, more pointy head and nose. Also, the plastron marking is more ornate than any Midland I’ve seen here in Ohio, which have a solid dark blotch. If captive bred, I wouldn’t be surprised if it had mixed parentage, because to me, if I found this in the wild in Ohio, I would put an ID on it as the progeny of an escaped western that interbred with our local midlands. In general, our animals in Ohio have much more affinity with the eastern painted than the western painted. Also, our midlands do not have the faint “map turtle markings” - I’ve never seen that in a wild Midland here in Ohio. And as you pointed out, this animal seems to be an intergrade. True midlands, at least in Ohio, are much more similar to Easterns.

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Tom, Thanks for watching. As with most subspecific animals, they will sway toward one or the other depending on their range. This is a captive bred turtle, not as properly grown as I’d like to see, it should be more oval, overall, but it is from Indiana midlands. Hailing from the western portion of the midland’s range, they will lean more to the western whereas those from where you are and elsewhere in the eastern sector of their range, will follow a more C. picta picta standard. I’ve been fortunate enough to see true midlands, westerns and of course plenty of easterns and this animal would be classified as a midland. I agree that it certainly has western influence a bit morphologically speaking but I also believe the animal would look considerably different if it were wild caught and raised naturally. Now, of course, if we were able to do genetic work we could learn more. I’ve seen many midlands like this one as far as color and markings go and I’ve also seen many like what you are describing. I’ve also seen (in nature) bright green pure easterns with pointed snouts up in Pennsylvania, far away from the western range. These also occur down in North Carolina. So, as always, there’s variation which is paramount to keep us on our toes at all times.

@shamik_sathe 2 жыл бұрын

Great presentation. Learned a lot. Btw are you gonna continue the turtle xing series?

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’ve thought about it and I might, it just seems like a lot of viewers didn’t care for that series. Even though the point of it was to be quick and jam pack the videos with info, a lot of people just didn’t get the point and kept telling me to slow down or they’d ask, “Why are you talking so fast.”

@shamik_sathe 2 жыл бұрын

@@GardenStateTortoise ok. Cool.

@gemertje 2 жыл бұрын

nice video! When will we get more spotted turtles vids? Def my favourite of them all

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! The majority of our spotteds are hibernating outdoors so we won’t see much of them until spring. We do include “Dot”, our nature room exhibit female spotted though in several vids. We’ll definitely be doing plenty more on the species though!

@gemertje 2 жыл бұрын

@@GardenStateTortoise thanks. i like the new content but i think the spotted turtles got overshadowed last year by the different species. Which isnt bad ofcourse but if you could make an update about your spotted enclosure in spring that would be awesome

@theresacarcioppolo591 2 жыл бұрын

I want your hat lol

@akzu-_-2156 2 жыл бұрын

I found a baby western painted in Virginia it’s beautiful

@jorgesobrino_y 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!! I've really gotten into turtles and tortoises thanks to your channel. A cooter identification video would be great! I know you have one about red-bellies but there are many species in the Pseudemys genus and it is very confusing. I volunteer at an exotic animals clinic (I'm a vet student) and we have a resident cooter there but we don't really know the species (and I'm the only one that cares about it to be honest). I would love to be able to tell the species apart.

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jorge! Agreed. We don’t have access to all the Pseudemys but I think we can definitely do one on them.

@jorgesobrino_y 2 жыл бұрын

@@GardenStateTortoise Great! Thank you so much!

@saraazzam1573 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the great info! Im in indiana and thanks to you, i now know for sure i have a western painted turtle! so theyre overlapping into indiana as well. interesting! he was a rescue off a highway.

@BlaineHeggie 2 жыл бұрын

Painted turtles, in my opinion, are the most beautifully colored turtles (morphs excluded). I absolutely love them. I kept and bred them for many years, but was constantly frustrated with their aggressive behavior. No matter how large the enclosure and no matter how many turtles I kept together, the painted turtles were constantly nipping at each others tails and feet resulting in missing toes and stubbed tails. The males would even kill each other if I kept them together. Due to my frustration with this, I eventually sold them all. Has anyone else experienced this with painted turtles? Does anyone have any solid advice as to how to avoid this problem?

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Blaine and I agree on excluding the morphs. They’re incredible the way they are. While we’ve experienced nipping with a variety species, especially when they’re hatchlings, I can’t say I’ve ever had this happen with any of the painted turtles, indoors or out. They’ve always been more on the peaceful side for us, no matter the type. Yes, we’ve seen some male to male aggression but it’s always seemed to work out. We have them out in various large ponds and have a few select ones on exhibit in our nature center. The only thing somewhat similar to what you’re reporting that we’ve seen is our southern painted turtle youngsters have effectively nipped each other’s tails. Then it stopped. Maybe someone else can chime in if they’ve got any advice.

@BlaineHeggie 2 жыл бұрын

@@GardenStateTortoise I live in Taiwan; and being that we don't get many turtles imported from the States (most imported turtles here come from China) all I can figure is that it's possible that the painteds I got were inbred. Perhaps that caused the aggressive behavior...maybe...

@jennfursketeer2323 2 жыл бұрын

I had to separate my two because of aggression, but in retrospect they’re tank was way too small for two adolescent males. One became bffs with my dog and the other now has a red eared slider companion. They started fighting recently after 15 years of living together but a bigger tank solved the issue!

@MrJbrock10 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Please do one explaining the difference between the Yellow Bellied Slider and Eastern River Cooter. I can't find a good video and both are on the river I Kayak. Thanks!

@jonpropps9390 2 ай бұрын

I live in Dayton Ohio and I've only seen Eastern painted turtles in my area

@grettelguerra7511 2 жыл бұрын

Do the southern painted turtle have the same adaptations to cold weather and ice as the other painted turtles? This is probably a silly question but I’m curious :)

@SotasExotics 2 жыл бұрын

I want to see your place so bad 😩

@CroatiaSurvival 2 жыл бұрын

They’re so beautiful and C. dorsalis are one of my bucket list turtles. Are they as cold tolerant as C. pictas? I would hate to have to keep them indoors.

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Dorsalis are awesome. I’m sure they can handle cold, we keep many species from further south than they are here and they can handle snow, ice, etc. Our dorsalis are kept in an exhibit indoors though.

@lifeisajourney4166 Жыл бұрын

I have an western painted turtles

@GlitzyWitch 2 жыл бұрын

We had red eared terrapins when we where kids, we are in the UK, is there any difference between terrapins and turtles because they look the same to me, thry had a massive tank with water and rocks to climb on, they lived in our kitchen. Thanks ❤️

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Well, it depends on the country you’re from to an extent. In the USA, terrapins are strictly brackish water Diamondbacks, anything else (aside from tortoises) is a sea turtle and this includes box turtles which many people mistakenly label as tortoises.

@3forme379 2 жыл бұрын

North America is by far the best turtle place in the world.

@bryonflaherty5957 2 жыл бұрын

This question isn’t about painted turtles but I need help with my box turtle hybrids. At what size to I take them out of water and put them in a regular terrarium? I know humidity is still important but my trio are all fairly close in size , they are in separate tubs but they all are around 3” in carapace length . I breed a few species of snakes and lizards but my box turtles are starting to be my favorite

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Byron, at 3” you can definitely move them into something else. Like you said, humidity is still important so keep up with that and you should be good to go.

@AwakenV2000 Жыл бұрын

I have a turtle aka painted turtle he's my pet and he's just so adorable😢

@larry648 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen the swimming out in the middle of Anchor Bay in Lake St. Clair, and out in the deeper areas of the lake. Way out from land.

@Phantasm57 2 жыл бұрын

what's going on with the turtle at the 5:38 mark in the video, are those deformed limbs or did something happen to that turtled because of a possible predator attack or fight with another turtle? also with something like that if it was attacked by something would those limbs regenerate?

@Topseeykretts 2 жыл бұрын

So what kind of turtle is a Red Eared Slider? In my local park during summer months I have noticed quite the growing population. I think people who don't want them anymore just leave them in the pond. They seem to be thriving though. Some are getting rather large.

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Red eared sliders are similar but belong to a different genus. They also grow much, much larger than painted turtles. Unfortunately, like you just wrote, they are being released in areas like yours. They then settle in and start to take over. We’ve done a few videos about them as well on this channel.

@SwingingPythons 2 жыл бұрын

North American master piece.

@BearfootBob 8 ай бұрын

Turtles.

@Skerplord 26 күн бұрын

I caught like 30 baby turtles that look a lot like this about15 years ago. But had vibrant color neck head and shell brim but the bell was yellow not orange with dark blue designs that were filled in on its stomach that stay to adulthood and they got about 8in at least before i released the couple i kept. What it that I was in PA near Wilkes-Barre?

@turtlesareourfriends Жыл бұрын

Dang now i know what i am!!

@algoriithmtheproducer 2 жыл бұрын

I thought your thumbnail was tacos so I came. But glad I stayed. But next can you make tacos? Thanks

@Mkayscales 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in Michigan mine has an all yellow underbelly but the scoots aren't straight lines up

@matthewpetersen4417 Жыл бұрын

I just got a western painted turtle, hes 4 inches or so. Hes been basking for a long time now, and I havent seen him swim much. Its only been 3 days he's been home so he could be shy. Hasn't taken food I've watched yet. He's in a 40 gallon breeder with a big dry basking spot, has about 10-12 inches of water, and water temp is around 76. Should I raise the temp of the water.

@seanlujan107 7 күн бұрын

I have a turtle and it looks like an eastern because of the plain yellow plastron but the scutes on the carapace aren’t aligned like in the video but they aren’t southern because they don’t have that red line down the middle I’m so confused 💀

@sarahwaitekus8696 Жыл бұрын

I wanted to reach out and ask about our families new pet turtle. We found a painted turtle in Illinois and it has features from each of the turtles you showed in this video. The plastron is unmarked, it doesn't have anything that stands out on its carapace except for a faint green middle line, it has some red and orange marbling on the sides and neck. We think it's a female based on size, her toes, and a flat plastron. What are your thoughts on our turtle?

@gtgodbear6320 2 жыл бұрын

Can all of them mix breed. Even the southern with the new categorization.

@chrisdolinish4845 2 жыл бұрын

Does anyone else have problems with these videos freezing? I thought it was my internet or tv at first but this is the only channel I watch that this happens to, audio will keep going but video freezes.

@aprilpotter3054 Жыл бұрын

I just reached a painted turtle in western NY. I've watched this video a couple times and I think it might be an eastern. Is that possible?

@cjalexanderjr8811 4 ай бұрын

Can all four of them hybridize? Example; southern X eastern, western X eastern?

@Memes11242 10 ай бұрын

What about a North Eastern painter turtle?

@cholos17 Жыл бұрын

Where can one buy Western Painted Turtle with intense and lasting red coloration? Thanks!

@sillywilly722 2 жыл бұрын

do you have true Eastern painted turtle for sale ? I am interested in about 3 would like pair that would at least give me a shot at a pair. and thank you

@aniktaetae9818 2 жыл бұрын

Can you please help me out with my sulcata i got bless from a friend i live in UAE please tell me what are the best food i can give him for his healthy growth

@cammielemoine8679 11 ай бұрын

Think you could help me identify a mom and some babies?

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@anthonytorres2198 2 жыл бұрын

Put some respect on the Painted Turtles name!!! 🙂🙂🙂

@kinzieconrad105 2 жыл бұрын

You don’t want to know what I do to turtles.🤬 they can be pest! When they destroy thousands of dollars in farm raised tank fish.

@CricketsMa 2 жыл бұрын

Very good video! Not that I will ever need to distinguish between them, but I still find their differences remarkable. Thank you!

@GardenStateTortoise 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

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