Maps
Locality Map
Locality map for Chrysemys picta (Western Painted Turtle).
Map created 3 August 2022.
County Map
County map for Chrysemys picta (Western Painted Turtle).
Map created 3 August 2022.
Historical Locality Map
Historical locality map for Chrysemys picta (Western Painted Turtle). Black circles ( ) represent records after 1986, blue squares (
) represent records between 1966 and 1986, orange triangles (
) represent records prior to 1966. Note that more recent records might conceal underlying older records.
Map created 3 August 2022.
Historical County Map
Historical county map for Chrysemys picta (Western Painted Turtle). Black circles ( ) represent records after 1986, blue squares (
) represent records between 1966 and 1986, orange triangles (
) represent records prior to 1966. Note that only the most recent county record for each county is shown.
Map created 3 August 2022.
Ecological Drainage Locality Map
Ecological Drainage Units locality map for Chrysemys picta (Western Painted Turtle).
Map created 3 August 2022.
Natural Divisions Locality Map
Natural Divisions and Sections locality map for Chrysemys picta (Western Painted Turtle).
Map created 3 August 2022.
Major Watersheds Locality Map
Major Watersheds locality map for Chrysemys picta (Western Painted Turtle).
Map created 3 August 2022.
Level I Ecoregion Locality Map
Level I Ecoregion locality map for Chrysemys picta (Western Painted Turtle).
Map created 3 August 2022.
Level II Ecoregion Locality Map
Level II Ecoregion locality map for Chrysemys picta (Western Painted Turtle).
Map created 3 August 2022.
Level III Ecoregion Locality Map
Level III Ecoregion locality map for Chrysemys picta (Western Painted Turtle).
Map created 3 August 2022.
Level IV Ecoregion Locality Map
Level IV Ecoregion locality map for Chrysemys picta (Western Painted Turtle).
Map created 3 August 2022.
Native Status
Chrysemys picta (Western Painted Turtle) is native to Missouri.
Collection Summary
Chrysemys picta (Western Painted Turtle) has a total of 316 valid, non-duplicated collections representing 80 counties and 258 localities. There are a total of 89 collectors and 207 collection dates for the species. This results in a total of 218 expeditions for the species, a measure of unique date / collector(s) combinations. The earliest collection year for the species in Missouri is 1890 and its most recent collection year is 2021. The earliest and latest collection dates (independent of earliest and most recent collection years) are January 9 and November 5, respectively. If you have a new record to report, read the New Records section of the FAQ.
Collection Summary by County
County | Localities | Collections | Collectors | Dates | Expeditions | Earliest Year | Latest Year | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Adair | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1986 | 2013 |
![]() | Andrew | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2017 | 2017 |
![]() | Atchison | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1979 | 1979 |
![]() | Audrain | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1999 | 2021 |
![]() | Barton | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1967 | 2012 |
![]() | Bates | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1989 | 2020 |
![]() | Boone | 13 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 1962 | 2019 |
![]() | Buchanan | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1933 | 1976 |
![]() | Caldwell | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1987 | 2013 |
![]() | Callaway | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1909 | 2020 |
![]() | Camden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1991 | 1991 |
![]() | Cape Girardeau | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2005 | 2005 |
![]() | Carroll | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1992 | 2019 |
![]() | Cass | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1984 | 2003 |
![]() | Cedar | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1962 | 2018 |
![]() | Chariton | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2015 | 2015 |
![]() | Clark | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1983 | 1996 |
![]() | Clay | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1982 | 1982 |
![]() | Clinton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2003 | 2003 |
![]() | Cole | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1999 | 1999 |
![]() | Cooper | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1966 | 2008 |
![]() | Crawford | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2009 | 2009 |
![]() | Dade | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2000 | 2007 |
![]() | Daviess | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2013 | 2013 |
![]() | De Kalb | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1986 | 1986 |
![]() | Dent | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1909 | 2009 |
![]() | Franklin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2009 | 2009 |
![]() | Gentry | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1997 | 2000 |
![]() | Grundy | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1982 | 2011 |
![]() | Harrison | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1998 | 2017 |
![]() | Henry | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1987 | 1991 |
![]() | Holt | 11 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1966 | 2021 |
![]() | Howard | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1997 | 2021 |
![]() | Howell | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2007 | 2008 |
![]() | Jackson | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1936 | 1979 |
![]() | Jasper | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1964 | 2015 |
![]() | Jefferson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1932 | 1932 |
![]() | Johnson | 10 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 1960 | 1991 |
![]() | Knox | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1992 | 2013 |
![]() | Lafayette | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1962 | 2014 |
![]() | Lawrence | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1965 | 2007 |
![]() | Lewis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2005 | 2013 |
![]() | Lincoln | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1985 | 2012 |
![]() | Linn | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1985 | 2012 |
![]() | Livingston | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1940 | 2013 |
![]() | Macon | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1962 | 2021 |
![]() | Maries | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2004 | 2004 |
![]() | Marion | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2006 | 2006 |
![]() | Mercer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2011 | 2011 |
![]() | Miller | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2004 | 2004 |
![]() | Moniteau | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1999 | 1999 |
![]() | Monroe | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1949 | 2013 |
![]() | Montgomery | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1901 | 1901 |
![]() | Morgan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1987 | 2014 |
![]() | Newton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2015 | 2015 |
![]() | Oregon | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2005 | 2017 |
![]() | Osage | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1999 | 1999 |
![]() | Perry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1995 | 1995 |
![]() | Pettis | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2014 | 2014 |
![]() | Phelps | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2009 | 2009 |
![]() | Pike | 9 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1983 | 2019 |
![]() | Platte | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1961 | 1961 |
![]() | Polk | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2008 | 2008 |
![]() | Pulaski | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2008 | 2008 |
![]() | Putnam | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2005 | 2015 |
![]() | Ralls | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2007 | 2007 |
![]() | Randolph | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1999 | 2016 |
![]() | Ray | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1956 | 2003 |
![]() | Saint Charles | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1929 | 1931 |
![]() | Saint Louis | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1890 | 1899 |
![]() | Saline | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1974 | 2014 |
![]() | Schuyler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1986 | 1986 |
![]() | Scotland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2003 | 2011 |
![]() | Shannon | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2004 | 2008 |
![]() | Shelby | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1997 | 2015 |
![]() | Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2015 | 2015 |
![]() | Texas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2007 | 2007 |
![]() | Vernon | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1937 | 2006 |
![]() | Warren | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1991 | 2009 |
![]() | Washington | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1976 | 1976 |
Potential County Records
Likelihood | County | Rationale | Ecoregion / Watershed | |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2 | Benton | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Prairie Ozark Border |
![]() | 2 | Bollinger | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | River Hills |
![]() | 2 | Carter | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Current River Hills |
![]() | 2 | Christian | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Springfield Plateau |
![]() | 2 | Greene | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Springfield Plateau |
![]() | 2 | Saint Clair | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Springfield Plateau |
![]() | 2 | Saint Clair | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Cherokee Plains |
![]() | 2 | Worth | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Loess Flats and Till Plains |
![]() | 4 | Barry | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | Springfield Plateau |
![]() | 4 | Gasconade | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | River Hills |
![]() | 4 | Hickory | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | Springfield Plateau |
![]() | 4 | Laclede | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | Osage/Gasconade Hills |
![]() | 4 | Ripley | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | Current River Hills |
![]() | 4 | Stone | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | Springfield Plateau |
![]() | 5 | Nodaway | Same Level III ecoregion, within 10 miles | Western Corn Belt Plains |
![]() | 6 | McDonald | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Springfield Plateau |
![]() | 6 | Ozark | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Central Plateau |
![]() | 6 | Reynolds | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Central Plateau |
![]() | 6 | Sainte Genevieve | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | River Hills |
![]() | 6 | Sainte Genevieve | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Eastern Ozark Border |
![]() | 6 | Saint Francois | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Eastern Ozark Border |
![]() | 6 | Saint Francois | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Meramec River Hills |
![]() | 6 | Wright | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Osage/Gasconade Hills |
![]() | 7 | Douglas | Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles | Ozark Highlands |
![]() | 8 | Dallas | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles | Osage/Gasconade Hills |
![]() | 8 | Iron | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles | Meramec River Hills |
![]() | 9 | Scott | Same Level III ecoregion, within 30 miles | Interior River Valleys and Hills |
![]() | 9 | Taney | Same Level III ecoregion, within 30 miles | Ozark Highlands |
![]() | 10 | Madison | Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county | Eastern Ozark Border |
![]() | 11 | Stoddard | Same Level III ecoregion, adjacent county | Ozark Highlands |
Linnaean Classification
- Kingdom:
- Animalia - Animals
- Phylum:
- Chordata - Chordates
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata - Vertebrates
- Class:
- Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 - Reptiles
- Order:
- Testudines Linnaeus, 1758 - Turtles
- Family:
- Emydidae Gray, 1825 - Box and Basking Turtles
- Genus:
- Chrysemys Gray, 1844 - Painted Turtles
- Species:
- Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) - Western Painted Turtle
Recent Taxonomic Synonyms
(none)