Jim Brandenburg / Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) group sunning on log, Minnesota

Jim Brandenburg / Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) trio sunning on log, Minnesota

John Cancalosi / Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) on log in water. Maryland. September.

John Cancalosi / Snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) and Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) with discarded plastic bottle, Maryland, USA. July. Label on bottle digitally removed.

John Cancalosi / Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) eating algae off the carapace of a Snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) Maryland, USA, August.

Donald M. Jones / Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) in defensive posture, western Montana

John Cancalosi / Snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) with Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) feeding on algae on the back of the snapper, Maryland, USA. August.

John Cancalosi / Snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) with Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) feeding on algae on the back of the snapper, Maryland, USA. August.

John Cancalosi / Snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) and Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) Maryland, USA, June.

John Cancalosi / Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) basking, Virginia, USA. October.

Doug Wechsler / Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) basking on log above water, Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, USA

MYN / Clay Bolt / Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) Southern Appalachians, South Carolina, United States, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project