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| This Painted Turtle was sunning itself on a log in the Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve. Eastern Painted Turtles are water turtles. They can grow up to nine inches long. They are black with smooth, flattened shells. The top part of a turtle's shell is called a carapace. The carapace has many small plates called scutes. The Eastern Painted Turtle has thick lines between its scutes. This turtle also has red markings around the edges of its carapace. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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