>>i duno who to ask to see what he really is....who would tell me the truth to what he is?

You asked us. We are telling you the truth, you don't have a painted turtle you have a wood turtle.
Look at his feet, they aren't webbed. Look at his shell it's domed compared to a painted. Look at his skin it's more rough than a painted.
Look at the size of the webbed back feet of my western painted, he looks nothing like your wood turtle:

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