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Chrysemys picta picta
Eastern Painted Turtle
George Washington Memorial Parkway
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

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

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:		G5T5
NatureServe State Rank:		DC: SNR
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 5 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Antietam National Battlefield	Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Assateague Island National Seashore	Blue Ridge Parkway
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Colonial National Historical Park
Eisenhower National Historic Site	First State National Historical Park
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	Gettysburg National Military Park
Great Falls Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Capital Parks-East	National Mall and Memorial Parks
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run	Oxon Run National Parkway
Petersburg National Battlefield	Piscataway Park
Prince William Forest Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Saratoga National Historical Park
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts


Last Modified Date:	8/24/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/8/2025 2:00:34 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.

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