The plastron is typically yellow, but may be stained a rust/red color. Males can be distinguished from females by their long front claws, long tail, and smaller size. The carapace of an adult usually measures from 4.5 to 6 inches in length. Range: The painted turtle is the most widely distributed North American turtle, and the only one to range across the entire continent.
Persian (/ËpÉrÊÉn/ or /ËpÉrÊÉn/), also known by its endonym Farsi or Parsi (English: /ËfÉrsiË/ ; Persian: ÙØ§Ø±Ø³Û fÄrsi [fÉËÉ¾ËsiË]. ), is the predominant modern descendant of Old Persian, a southwestern Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages.t is an Iranian language and as such, like its modern-day variant, a branch of the Indo-European language family. The oldest known text written in Old Persian is from the Behistun Inscriptions. Examples of Old Persian have been found in what is now present-day Iran, Turkey, Bahrain, Iraq, and Egypt.
Persian music is the music of Persia and Persian language countries: musiqi, the science and art of music, and muzik, the sound and performance of music (Sakata 1983). See: Music of Iran, Music of Afghanistan, Music of Tajikistan, Music of Uzbekistan.