Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta)
Above: Photographed at North Branch along the C&O Canal in Washington Co., Maryland (7/31/2005).
Below: Bottom photo taken near Alligator River NWR, NC (6/24/2006).
Below: An Eastern Painted Turtle feeds on a cluster of salamander eggs in the C&O Canal (4/13/2008).
Below: A Painted Turtle at North Branch, Allegany Co., Maryland (7/24/2010) - Midland subspecies or a Midland/Eastern intergrade?