Eastern Painted Turtle ↔ Chrysemys Picta Picta
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Spaulding Pond in Mohegan Park, Norwich, CT. ✎ The painted turtle is Connecticut's most numerous turtle species. It is normal for the outer layer of scutes -- made of keratin -- to peel away as the turtle grows. Turtles shed both their skin & the outer surface of their shells as they grow. While the surface keratin is peeling off their shells, aquatic turtles like to do lots of basking in the sun like the turtle pictured above. Basking both heats & dries the peeling keratin & helps it to come off. |
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