200 Million Years And Still Going

The Eastern Painted Turtle is very common on the river. It is one of five species of Turtles observed here on the homestead. The Common Snapping Turtle is the largest turtle in the river, and the Eastern Box Turtle, the Spotted Turtle, and the Wood Turtle are much less frequent.

The Spotted, Box, and Wood Turtle are protected in Connecticut and keeping them in captivity is prohibited. We have had Spotted, Box, and Wood Turtles visit us here on the homestead and once we had a female spotted turtle lay her eggs out in the field. I fenced in the area to protect the eggs from predators, but unfortunately the eggs never hatched.

The Eastern Painted Turtle is a very beautiful animal, but It is a toss up between The Box Turtle, and the Wood Turtle for My favorite Turtle.