<P> 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 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 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Native range of the painted turtle (C. picta) Dark grey for national borders White for state and province borders Dark blue for rivers, only showing those in article <P> </P> </Td> <Td> Eastern (C. p. picta) Midland (C. p. marginata) Southern (C. p. dorsalis) Western (C. p. bellii) <P> </P> </Td> <Td> Intergrade mixtures (large areas only) Mix of eastern and midland Mix of eastern and southern Mix of midland and western <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Native range of the painted turtle (C. picta) Dark grey for national borders White for state and province borders Dark blue for rivers, only showing those in article <P> </P> </Td> <Td> Eastern (C. p. picta) Midland (C. p. marginata) Southern (C. p. dorsalis) Western (C. p. bellii) <P> </P> </Td> <Td> Intergrade mixtures (large areas only) Mix of eastern and midland Mix of eastern and southern Mix of midland and western <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <P> 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, the subspecies are assigned nominal ranges . </P>

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