NPSpecies Report Viewer

Park			Taxon Code
Show Comments?

Find

National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior

NPSpecies - Park Species Profile


Chrysemys picta
PAINTED TURTLE
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		PAINTED TURTLE
Park Synonyms:		Chrysemys picta bellii

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Testudines, Suborder Cryptodira, Family Emydidae, Genus Chrysemys, Species Chrysemys picta


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NE: S5
Evidence:		1 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Aztec Ruins National Monument
Badlands National Park	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Cape Cod National Seashore	Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	Fort Larned National Historic Site
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Glacier National Park
Grand Portage National Monument	Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park	Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Minute Man National Historical Park	Missouri National Recreational River
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Niobrara National Scenic River
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Shenandoah National Park
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site	Weir Farm National Historical Park
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Wind Cave National Park


Last Modified Date:	8/11/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/11/2025 7:24:49 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

This information is provided by NatureServe (www.natureserve.org) and its network of natural heritage member programs, a leading source of information about rare and endangered species, and threatened ecosystems.


Species Profile	Page 1 of 1	10/11/2025 7:24:49 PM

Report Viewer Configuration Error