67-664: Charlo can refer to: Municipalities [ edit ] Charlo, Montana Charlo, New Brunswick People [ edit ] Charlo (name) Other [ edit ] Charlo station , Canadian rail station in Charlo, New Brunswick Charlo Airport , Canadian airport in Charlo, New Brunswick SoGK Charlo , Swedish sports club See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Charlo All pages with titles containing Charlo Charlos (disambiguation) Charo (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
134-475: A Fourth of July parade and cookout along Main Street. Regular participants include local equestrian units, Charlo "all school" alumni, representatives from all branches of military service, and the local fire department. In addition, the town also hosts an annual Fireman's Benefit and Dinner to support the local volunteer fire department. The Charlo Outdoor Community Complex, a community-sponsored organization to fund
201-476: A collaborator of Charles Darwin . An alternate East Coast common name for the painted turtle is "skilpot", from the Dutch for turtle, schildpad . Originally described in 1783 by Johann Gottlob Schneider as Testudo picta , the painted turtle was called Chrysemys picta first by John Edward Gray in 1855. Four subspecies were then recognized: the eastern by Schneider in 1783, the western by Gray in 1831, and
268-439: A female to male ratio of 4:1. Hatchling sex ratio varies based on egg temperature . During the middle third of incubation, temperatures of 23–27 °C (73–81 °F) produce males, and anything above or below that, females. It does not appear that females choose nesting sites to influence the sex of the hatchlings; within a population, nests will vary sufficiently to give both male and female-heavy broods. The painted turtle
335-436: A longer, thicker tail, with the anus ( cloaca ) located further out on the tail. The painted turtle has a very similar appearance to the red-eared slider (the most common pet turtle) and the two are often confused. The painted turtle can be distinguished because it is flatter than the slider. Also, the slider has a prominent red marking on the side of its head (the "ear") and a spotted bottom shell, both features missing in
402-584: A new track and football field for the Charlo Public School, hosts an annual Fun run , 5K run, and 10K run as a fundraiser event. The local government is a mayor-council system. There are four elected city council members. Charlo School District educates students from kindergarten through 12th grade. They are known as the Vikings. Charlo High School is a Class C school, which is a designation used for sporting events. As of 2023, Charlo School District had
469-431: A painted turtle surviving from the egg to its first birthday is only 19%. For females, the annual survival rate rises to 45% for juveniles and 95% for adults. The male survival rates follow a similar pattern, but are probably lower overall than females, as evidenced by the average male age being lower than that of the female. Natural disasters can confound age distributions. For instance, a hurricane can destroy many nests in
536-524: A proportionally larger head, eyes, and tail, and a more circular shell than the adult. The adult female is generally longer than the male, 10–25 cm (4–10 in) versus 7–15 cm (3–6 in). For a given length, the female has a higher (more rounded, less flat) top shell. The female weighs around 500 g (18 oz) on average, against the males' average adult weight of roughly 300 g (11 oz). The female's greater body volume supports her egg-production. The male has longer foreclaws and
603-496: A region, resulting in fewer hatchlings the next year. Age distributions may also be skewed by migrations of adults. To understand painted turtle adult age distributions, researchers require reliable methods. Turtles younger than four years (up to 12 years in some populations) can be aged based on " growth rings " in their shells. For older turtles, some attempts have been made to determine age based on size and shape of their shells or legs using mathematical models , but this method
670-517: A strip of Wisconsin along Lake Michigan and part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (UP). Further west, the rest of Illinois, Wisconsin and the UP are part of the range proper, as are all of Minnesota and Iowa, as well as all of Missouri except a narrow strip in the south. All of North Dakota is within range, all of South Dakota except a very small area in the west, and all of Nebraska. Almost all of Kansas
737-571: A subspecies of C. picta , to be a distinct species sister to all subspecies in C. picta . Although this proposal was largely unrecognized at the time due to evidence of hybridization between dorsalis and picta , the Turtle Taxonomy Working Group and the Reptile Database have since followed through with it, although both the subspecific and specific names have been recognized. Although its evolutionary history—what
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#1732854955919804-539: A too hot night in the Southeast, she delays the process until later at night. Painted turtles in Virginia have been observed waiting three weeks to nest because of a hot drought. While preparing to dig her nest, the female sometimes exhibits a mysterious preliminary behavior. She presses her throat against the ground of different potential sites, perhaps sensing moisture, warmth, texture, or smell, although her exact motivation
871-511: A total of 229 students enrolled: 96 elementary students, 57 middle school students, and 76 high school students. Along with core classes, Charlo School District offers a variety of electives. Charlo High School offers clubs such as Business Professionals of America (BPA) , Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA), SkillsUSA , National Honor Society (NHS), and more. The Valley Journal provides local news to Arlee, Charlo, Pablo, Polson, Ronan, and St. Ignatius. The FM radio station KYMI
938-414: Is 13–25 cm (5.1–9.8 in) long; the male is smaller than the female. The turtle's top shell is dark and smooth, without a ridge. Its skin is olive to black with red, orange, or yellow stripes on its extremities. The subspecies can be distinguished by their shells: the eastern has straight-aligned top shell segments; the midland has a large gray mark on the bottom shell; the western has a red pattern on
1005-547: Is a 130 km (80 mi) gap to the east of Lake Superior (in the area of harshest winter climate) where no painted turtles of any subspecies occur. Thus Ontario's western subspecies does not intergrade with the midland painted turtle of southeastern Ontario. In Manitoba, the turtle is numerous and ranges north to Lake Manitoba and the lower part of Lake Winnipeg . The turtle is also common in south Saskatchewan, but in Alberta, there may only be 100 individuals, all found very near
1072-429: Is a bottom-dwelling hunter. It quickly juts its head into and out of vegetation to stir potential victims out into the open water, where they are pursued. Large prey is ripped apart with the forefeet as the turtle holds it in its mouth. It also consumes plants and skims the surface of the water with its mouth open to catch small particles of food. Although all subspecies of painted turtle eat both plants and animals (in
1139-506: Is a member of the genus Chrysemys , which is part of the pond turtle family Emydidae . Fossils show that the painted turtle existed 15 million years ago. Three regionally based subspecies (the eastern, midland, and western) evolved during the last ice age . The southern painted turtle ( C. dorsalis ) is alternately considered the only other species in Chrysemys , or another subspecies of C. picta . The adult painted turtle
1206-569: Is derived from the Ancient Greek words for "gold" ( chryso ) and "freshwater tortoise" ( emys ); the species name originates from the Latin for "colored" ( pictus ). The subspecies name, marginata , derives from the Latin for "border" and refers to the red markings on the outer (marginal) part of the upper shell; dorsalis is from the Latin for "back", referring to the prominent dorsal stripe; and bellii honors English zoologist Thomas Bell ,
1273-566: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Charlo, Montana Charlo ( Salish : sallu ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County , Montana , United States. The population was 385 at the 2020 census . The town was named in 1918 after the Salish leader Chief Charlo . Previously it had been called Big Flat, Charlotte, and Tabor. According to
1340-450: Is done, by the females only, between late May and mid-July. The nests are vase-shaped and are usually dug in sandy soil, often at sites with southern exposures. Nests are often within 200 m (220 yd) of water, but may be as far away as 600 m (660 yd), with older females tending to nest further inland. Nest sizes vary depending on female sizes and locations but are about 5–11 cm (2–4 in) deep. Females may return to
1407-606: Is home to the Owl Research Institute which manages scientific research on Owls of all species. There are also 2 platforms for osprey nests located near the lake. A live cam features real-time video of the birds. Southwest of Charlo is the CSKT Bison Range , a refuge managed by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes . At the 2020 census , there were 385 people, 170 households and 133 families residing in
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#17328549559191474-520: Is in range; the border of that state with Oklahoma is roughly the species range border, but the turtle is found in three counties of north central Oklahoma. To the northwest, almost all of Montana is in range. Only a narrow strip in the west, along most of the Idaho border (which is at the Continental Divide ) lacks turtles. Wyoming is almost entirely out of range; only the lower elevation areas near
1541-769: Is licensed in Charlo. It is owned by the Educational Media Foundation , a Christian media ministry. Charlo is along Montana Highway 212 . It is 4 miles (6 km) west of U.S. Route 93 . Via Highway 212, it is 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Dixon . The nearest commercial airport is Missoula Montana Airport , 50 miles (80 km) away. Another option is Glacier Park International Airport , 78 miles (126 km) away. Painted turtle C. p. bellii C. p. marginata C. p. picta Orange: Midland ( C. p. marginata ) Blue: Southern ( C. dorsalis ) Red: Western ( C. p. bellii ) The painted turtle ( Chrysemys picta )
1608-604: Is more uncertain. The most reliable method to study the long-lived turtles is to capture them, permanently mark their shells by notching with a drill, release the turtles, and then recapture them in later years. The longest-running study, in Michigan, has shown that painted turtles can live more than 55 years. Adult sex ratios of painted turtle populations average around 1:1. Many populations are slightly male-heavy, but some are strongly female-imbalanced; one population in Ontario has
1675-526: Is the only species in the genus Chrysemys . The parent family for Chrysemys is Emydidae: the pond turtles. Emydidae is split into two sub families; Chrysemys is part of the Deirochelyinae (Western Hemisphere) branch. The four subspecies of the painted turtle are the eastern ( C. p. picta ), midland ( C. p. marginata ), southern ( C. p. dorsalis ), and western ( C. p. bellii ). The painted turtle's generic name
1742-611: Is the most widespread native turtle of North America. It lives in relatively slow-moving fresh waters, from southern Canada to northern Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. They have been shown to prefer large wetlands with long periods of inundation and emergent vegetation. This species is one of the few that is specially adapted to tolerate freezing temperatures for extended periods of time due to an antifreeze-like substance in their blood that keeps their cells from freezing. This turtle
1809-496: Is unknown. She may further temporize by excavating several false nests as the wood turtles also do. The female relies on her hind feet for digging. She may accumulate so much sand and mud on her feet that her mobility is reduced, making her vulnerable to predators. To lighten her labors, she lubricates the area with her bladder water. Once the nest is complete, the female deposits into the hole. The freshly laid eggs are white, elliptical, porous, and flexible. From start to finish,
1876-893: The United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km ), of which 0.01 square miles (0.03 km ), or 0.58%, are water. Charlo is located in southern Lake County and is 22 miles (35 km) south of Polson , the county seat . The CDP is within the Flathead Indian Reservation . Charlo borders several protected areas, including the Herak Waterfowl Production area and Ninepipes Reservoir . These protected areas, along with seasonal flood irrigation, provide habitats for various native fauna such as white-tailed deer , pheasants , bald eagles , and western painted turtles . Charlo
1943-427: The bog turtle , the painted turtle's feet are webbed to aid swimming. The head of the turtle is distinctive. The face has only yellow stripes, with a large yellow spot and streak behind each eye, and on the chin two wide yellow stripes that meet at the tip of the jaw. The turtle's upper jaw is shaped into an inverted "V" ( philtrum ), with a downward-facing, tooth-like projection on each side. The hatchling has
2010-460: The Appalachian mountains, but the two subspecies tend to mix in the northeast. The borders between the four subspecies are not sharp, because the subspecies interbreed. Many studies have been performed in the border regions to assess the intermediate turtles, usually by comparing the anatomical features of hybrids that result from intergradation of the classical subspecies. Despite the imprecision,
2077-442: The CDP. The population density was 219.4 inhabitants per square mile (84.7/km ). There were 170 housing units at an average density of 193.37/sq mi(74.64/km The racial makeup of the CDP was 79.4% White , .26% African American , 11.7% Native American , .52% from other races , and 7.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.86% of the population. There were 170 households, of which 13.3% had children under
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2144-616: The U.S. border, mostly in the southeast. In British Columbia, populations exist in the interior in the vicinity of the Kootenai, Columbia, Okanagan, and Thompson river valleys. At the coast, turtles occur near the mouth of the Fraser and a bit further north, as well as the bottom of Vancouver Island, and some other nearby islands. Within British Columbia, the turtle's range is not continuous and can better be understood as northward extensions of
2211-755: The United States and southern Canada. The turtle's karyotype (nuclear DNA, rather than mitochondrial DNA) consists of 50 chromosomes , the same number as the rest of its subfamily-mates and the most common number for Emydidae turtles in general. Less well-related turtles have from 26 to 66 chromosomes. Little systematic study of variations of the painted turtle's karotype among populations has been done. (However, in 1967, research on protein structure of offshore island populations in New England, showed differences from mainland turtles.) Comparison of subspecies chromosomal DNA has been discussed, to help address
2278-531: The age of 18 living with them, 34.6% were married couples living together, 35.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.9% were non-families. 44.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.87 and the average family size was 2.64. 8.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 3.9% from 18 to 24, 15.3% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
2345-455: The bottom shell. The turtle eats aquatic vegetation, algae , and small water creatures including insects, crustaceans , and fish. Painted turtles primarily feed while in water and are able to locate and subdue prey even in heavily clouded conditions. Although they are frequently consumed as eggs or hatchlings by rodents, canines, and snakes, the adult turtles' hard shells protect them from most predators. Reliant on warmth from its surroundings,
2412-528: The colorful turtle played the part of a trickster. In modern times, four U.S. states (Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, and Vermont) have named the painted turtle their official reptile . While habitat loss and road killings have reduced the turtle's population, its ability to live in human-disturbed settings has helped it remain the most abundant turtle in North America. Adults in the wild can live for more than 55 years. The painted turtle ( C. picta )
2479-408: The debate over Starkey's proposed taxonomy, but as of 2009 had not been reported. The complete sequencing of the genetic code for the painted turtle was at a "draft assembled" state in 2010. The turtle was one of two reptiles chosen to be first sequenced. Adult painted turtles can grow to 13–25 cm (5–10 in) long, with males being smaller. The shell is oval, smooth with little grooves where
2546-522: The eastern and northern borders have painted turtles. In Idaho, the turtles are found throughout the far north (upper half of the Idaho Panhandle ). Recently, separate Idaho populations have been observed in the southwest (near the Payette and Boise rivers) and the southeast (near St. Anthony ). In Washington state, turtles are common throughout the state within lower elevation river valleys. In Oregon,
2613-475: The female, he is not dominant. Although not directly observed, evidence indicates that the male will inflict injury on the female in attempts of coercion. Males will use their tooth-like cusps on their beaks and their foreclaws during this act of coercion with the female. The female stores sperm , to be used for up to three clutches , in her oviducts ; the sperm may remain viable for up to three years. A single clutch may have multiple fathers . Nesting
2680-404: The following spring. Courtship begins when a male follows a female until he meets her face-to-face. He then strokes her face and neck with his elongated front claws, a gesture returned by a receptive female. The pair repeat the process several times, with the male retreating from and then returning to the female until she swims to the bottom, where they copulate . As the male is smaller than
2747-575: The forerunner to the species was and how the close relatives branched off—is not well understood, the painted turtle is common in the fossil record. The oldest samples, found in Nebraska, date to about 15 million years ago. Fossils from 15 million to about 5 million years ago are restricted to the Nebraska-Kansas area, but more recent fossils are gradually more widely distributed. Fossils newer than 300,000 years old are found in almost all
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2814-505: The form of leaves, algae, fish, crustaceans, aquatic insects and carrion), their specific diets vary. Young painted turtles are mostly carnivorous and as they mature they become more herbivorous. Painted turtles obtain coloration from carotenoids in their natural diet by eating algae and a variety of aquatic plants from their environment. Stripes and spots increase red and yellow chroma and decrease UV chroma and brightness in turtles with large amounts of carotenoids in their diet compared to
2881-635: The glaciers retreated, about 11,000 years ago, all three subspecies moved north. The western and southern subspecies met in Missouri and hybridized to produce the midland painted turtle, which then moved east and north through the Ohio and Tennessee river basins. Biologists have long debated the genera of closely related subfamily-mates Chrysemys, Pseudemys (cooters), and Trachemys (sliders). After 1952, some combined Pseudemys and Chrysemys because of similar appearance. In 1964, based on measurements of
2948-468: The large scale-like plates overlap, and flat-bottomed. The color of the top shell ( carapace ) varies from olive to black. Darker specimens are more common where the bottom of the water body is darker. The bottom shell ( plastron ) is yellow, sometimes red, sometimes with dark markings in the center. Similar to the top shell, the turtle's skin is olive to black, but with red and yellow stripes on its neck, legs, and tail. As with other pond turtles, such as
3015-588: The lower elevation southwest part of the state ( Archuleta and La Plata counties), where a population ranges into northern New Mexico in the San Juan River basin. In New Mexico, the main distribution follows the Rio Grande and the Pecos River , two waterways that run in a north–south direction through the state. Within the aforementioned rivers, it is also found in the northern part of Far West Texas . In Utah,
3082-429: The midland and southern by Louis Agassiz in 1857, though the southern painted turtle is now generally considered a full species. Although the subspecies of painted turtle intergrade (blend together) at range boundaries they are distinct within the hearts of their ranges. Until the 1930s, many of the subspecies of the painted turtle were labeled by biologists as full species within Chrysemys , but this varied by
3149-400: The northeast it is found in western New York and much of Vermont, and it intergrades extensively with the eastern subspecies. The western painted turtle's northern range includes southern parts of western Canada from Ontario through Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. In Ontario, the western subspecies is found north of Minnesota and directly north of Lake Superior, but there
3216-435: The painted turtle is active only during the day when it basks for hours on logs or rocks. During winter, the turtle hibernates , usually in the mud at the bottom of water bodies. The turtles mate in spring and autumn. Females dig nests on land and lay eggs between late spring and mid-summer. Hatched turtles grow until sexual maturity : 2–9 years for males, 6–16 for females. In the traditional tales of Algonquian tribes ,
3283-510: The painted turtle lives in an area to the south ( Kane County ) in streams draining into the Colorado River, although it is disputed if they are native. In Arizona, the painted turtle is native to an area in the east, Lyman Lake . The painted turtle is not native to Nevada or California. In Mexico, painted turtles have been found about 50 miles south of New Mexico near Galeana in the state of Chihuahua . There, two expeditions found
3350-748: The painted turtle. The most widespread North American turtle, the painted turtle is the only turtle whose native range extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It is native to eight of Canada's ten provinces, forty-five of the fifty United States, and one of Mexico's thirty-one states. On the East Coast, it lives from the Canadian Maritimes to the U.S. state of Georgia. On the West Coast, it lives in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon and offshore on southeast Vancouver Island . The northernmost American turtle, its range includes much of southern Canada. To
3417-421: The range from the United States. High mountains present barriers to east–west movement of the turtles within the province or from Alberta. Some literature has shown isolated populations much further north in British Columbia and Alberta, but these were probably pet-releases. In the United States, the western subspecies forms a wide intergrade area with the midland subspecies covering much of Illinois as well as
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#17328549559193484-420: The researcher. The painted turtles in the border region between the western and midland subspecies were sometimes considered a full species, treleasei . In 1931, Bishop and Schmidt defined the current "four in one" taxonomy of species and subspecies. Based on comparative measurements of turtles from throughout the range, they subordinated species to subspecies and eliminated treleasei . Since at least 1958,
3551-400: The same sites several consecutive years, but if several females make their nests close together, the eggs become more vulnerable to predators. Female eastern painted turtles have been shown to nest together, possibly even participating in communal nesting. The female's optimal body temperature while digging her nest is 29–30 °C (84–86 °F). If the weather is unsuitable, for instance
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3685-484: The shore is desirable habitat; the central, deep waters skew the surface-based estimates. Also, lake and river turtles have to make longer linear trips to access equivalent amounts of foraging space. Adults outnumber juveniles in most populations, but gauging the ratios is difficult because juveniles are harder to catch; with current sampling methods, estimates of age distribution vary widely. Annual survival rate of painted turtles increases with age. The probability of
3752-439: The shores of lakes. The subspecies have evolved different habitat preferences. Within much of its range, the painted turtle is the most abundant turtle species. Population densities range from 10 to 840 turtles per hectare (2.5 acres) of water surface. Warmer climates produce higher relative densities among populations, and habitat desirability also influences density. Rivers and large lakes have lower densities because only
3819-646: The skull and feet, Samuel B. McDowell proposed all three genera be merged into one. However, further measurements, in 1967, contradicted this taxonomic arrangement. Also in 1967, J. Alan Holman , a paleontologist and herpetologist, pointed out that, although the three turtles were often found together in nature and had similar mating patterns, they did not crossbreed . In the 1980s, studies of turtles' cell structures, biochemistries, and parasites further indicated that Chrysemys , Pseudemys , and Trachemys should remain in separate genera. In 2003, Starkey et al. proposed that Chrysemys dorsalis , formerly considered
3886-457: The south it is not found in the coastal lowlands of southern North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia, or in southern Georgia in general or at all in Florida. In the northeast, there is extensive mixing with the midland subspecies, and some writers have called these turtles a "hybrid swarm". In the southeast, the border between the eastern and midland is more sharp as mountain chains separate
3953-480: The south, its range reaches the U.S. Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Alabama. In the southwestern United States there are only dispersed populations. It is found in one river in extreme northern Mexico. It is absent in a part of southwestern Virginia and the adjacent states as well as in north-central Alabama. There is a harsher divide between midland and eastern painted turtles in the southeast because they are separated by
4020-634: The stripes and spots of turtles with only moderate amounts of carotenoids in their diet. Painted turtles are most vulnerable to predators when young. Nests are frequently ransacked and the eggs eaten by garter snakes , crows, chipmunks, thirteen-lined ground and gray squirrels , skunks, groundhogs , raccoons, badgers, gray and red fox , and humans. The small and sometimes bite-size, numerous hatchlings fall prey to water bugs , bass, catfish, bullfrogs, snapping turtles , three types of snakes ( copperheads , racers and water snakes ), herons, rice rats , weasels, muskrats , minks, and raccoons. As adults,
4087-762: The subspecies are assigned nominal ranges. The eastern painted turtle ranges from southeastern Canada to Georgia with a western boundary at approximately the Appalachians. At its northern extremes, the turtle tends to be restricted to the warmer areas closer to the Atlantic Ocean. It is uncommon in far north New Hampshire and in Maine is common only in a strip about 50 miles from the coast. In Canada, it lives in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia but not in Quebec or Prince Edward Island. To
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#17328549559194154-487: The subspecies to different drainage basins. The midland painted turtle lives from southern Ontario and Quebec, through the eastern U.S. Midwest states, to Kentucky, Tennessee and northwestern Alabama, where it intergrades with the southern painted turtle. It also is found eastward through West Virginia, western Maryland and Pennsylvania. The midland painted turtle appears to be moving east, especially in Pennsylvania. To
4221-527: The subspecies were thought to have evolved in response to geographic isolation during the last ice age, 100,000 to 11,000 years ago. At that time painted turtles were divided into three different populations: eastern painted turtles along the southeastern Atlantic coast; southern painted turtles around the southern Mississippi River; and western painted turtles in the southwestern United States. The populations were not completely isolated for sufficiently long, hence wholly different species never evolved. When
4288-537: The turtle is native to the northern part of the state throughout the Columbia River Valley as well as the Willamette River Valley north of Salem. To the southwest, the painted turtle's range is fragmented. In Colorado, while range is continuous in the eastern, prairie, half of the state, it is absent in most of the western, mountainous, part of the state. However, the turtle is confirmed present in
4355-595: The turtles in the Rio Santa Maria which is in a closed basin . Pet releases are starting to establish the painted turtle outside its native range. It has been introduced into waterways near Phoenix , Arizona, and to Germany, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Spain. To thrive, painted turtles need fresh waters with soft bottoms, basking sites, and aquatic vegetation . They find their homes in shallow waters with slow-moving currents, such as creeks, marshes, ponds, and
4422-672: The turtles' armored shells protect them from many potential predators, but they still occasionally fall prey to alligators, ospreys , crows, red-shouldered hawks , bald eagles, and especially raccoons. Painted turtles defend themselves by kicking, scratching, biting, or urinating. In contrast to land tortoises, painted turtles can right themselves if they are flipped upside down. The painted turtles mate in spring and fall in waters of 10–25 °C (50–77 °F). Males start producing sperm in early spring, when they can bask to an internal temperature of 17 °C (63 °F). Females begin their reproductive cycles in mid-summer, and ovulate
4489-399: Was 52.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.4 males. The median household income was $ 34,219 and the median family income was $ 48,066. Males had a median income of $ 22,500 and females $ 19,375. About 11.6% of families and 19.2% of the population were below the poverty line , including 13.3% of those under age 18 and 24.5% of those age 65 or over. Each year, residents of Charlo host
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