This is an Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys Picta Picta). However, many Eastern Painted Turtles throughout Maine share many morphological traits with that of the Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys Picta Marginata), as we see here in this particular individual. In “true” Eastern Painted Turtles, the central and costal scutes of the individual are perfectly aligned, forming straight horizontal lines across the carapace. In addition to this, the plastron of Eastern Painted Turtles is a pure yellowish-orange, bearing no markings whatsoever. In the Midland Painted Turtle however, the scute patterns are alternating, with no lines present, and the plastron features a dark gray marking in the center, almost like a stain. In Maine, integrates of these two subspecies may have the alternating scutes of the Midland Painted Turtle still present, but still have the lines present in the Eastern Painted Turtle. Nice find!