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About: The painted turtle is the most widespread native turtle of North America. It lives in 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.

Scientific name: Chrysemys picta

Order: Testudines

Temperature water: 75-80F

Domain: Eukaryota

Family: Emydidae

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

About: The common snapping turtle is a species of large freshwater turtle in the family Chelydridae. Its natural range extends from southeastern Canada, southwest to the edge of the Rocky Mountains, as far east as Nova Scotia and Florida.

Scientific name: Chelydra serpentina

Mass: 23 lbs (Adult)

Jaw strength: about 209 Newtons of force

Domain: Eukaryota

Family: Chelydridae

Kingdom: Animalia

Order: Testudines

The leatherback sea turtle, sometimes called the lute turtle, leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, reaching lengths of up to 1.8 metres and weights of 500 kilograms.

Scientific name: Dermochelys coriacea

Conservation status: Vulnerable (Population decreasing)

Mass: 550 – 1,500 lbs (Adult)

Domain: Eukaryota

Family: Emydidae

Kingdom: Animalia

Clutch size: 110

Size weight: between 550 and 2,000 pounds

The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise is a very large species of tortoise in the genus Chelonoidis. The species comprises 15 subspecies. It is the largest living species of tortoise, with some modern Galápagos tortoises weighing up to 417 kg. They are also the largest extant terrestrial ectotherms.

Scientific name: Chelonoidis niger

Max weight: 500 pounds

Mass: 550 – 1,500 lbs (Adult)

Domain: Eukaryota

Family: Testudinidae

Kingdom: Animalia

Order: Testudines

Phylum: Chordata