Map Turtle Species Profile
Map turtles (from the genus, Graptemys) are rather demanding captives. In nature they are inhabitants of moving waters, such as rivers and large streams.
FALSE MAP TURTLE FACTS
Description
The False Map Turtle carapace is olive, brown, or black with dark blotches surrounded by yellow lines. The lines can form a fine web pattern over the shell. The markings are more prominent on young turtles.
Ringed Map Turtle
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With beautiful yellowish rings accenting its shell, the Ringed Map Turtle is quickly and easily recognized! ...
Common Map Turtle
Scientific Name: Graptemys geographica
Size: 7.5-10.8 inches (9-27.3 cm) in length
PA Status: Species of special concern ...
Common Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica)
Photos by J.D. Willson unless otherwise noted
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Map turtles are so named for the distinctive fine lines covering their skin and upper shell (carapace), which somewhat resemble a road or contour map, and lend an air of beauty and elegance to these species that is hard to equal (3).
Map Turtle
Some of the North American turtles of the genus Graptemys, family Emydidae, are commonly called map turtles ...
Map turtles can be seen basking on rocks and logs in lakes and rivers.
Likes to Eat:
Map turtles eat primarily snails and clams. Additional foods include crayfish, aquatic insect larvae, fish, and a few aquatic plants.
The Map turtles have a strong sexual dimorphism. Females are larger than the males. Females range from 7 to 11 inches long while males range from 3 to 6 inches.
*formerly known as the Common Map Turtle
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False Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica
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Status The false map turtle has no status in Minnesota. Description This is a medium to large sized Minnesota turtle that grows 5 to 10 inches carapace length. The shell is dark brown, olive, or black.
False Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica)
No photo of the False Map Turtle available.
The False Map Turtle is from the order Testudines. All turtles are testudines (or Chelonia). There are more than 280 different species belonging to this order.
Common Map Turtle
Wisconsin status: locally common
The common map turtle looks quite a bit like the other map turtles, but there is a difference. It has a uniformly-colored yellow or creamy plastron (bottom shell). The others have blotchy plastrons.
Common Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica)
Identification: Green, olive, or brown carapace has irregular ("map like") markings and a low central keel. Plastron light yellow. Narrow yellow stripes on head and limbs; yellow spot behind eye.
Ouachita Map Turtle
Graptemys o. ouachitensis
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Barbour's Map Turtle
BARBOUR'S MAP TURTLE
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Mississippi Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii)
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This map turtle inhabitats major rivers north to Burnett County on the St. Croix River and Columbia County on the Wisconsin River. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the False Map Turtle.
Common Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica)
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)
Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) ...
The Alabama Map Turtle, Graptemys pulchra, is found in the western panhandle. Its shell is olive to brown with a black stripe. There are large yellow or greenish blotches on the head and yellow or orange stripes on the neck.
Map Turtle
COMMON MUSK TURTLE
Sternotherus odoratus
Musk turtles, also known us stinkpots. seem to prefer deep, still water in lakes, ponds, and sluggish streams with muddy bottoms and an abundance of plant life.
The Pearl River map turtle joins 56 other species of turtles that are native to the US. There are 13 map turtle species in the country, mostly in the Mississippi River drainage.
northern map turtle (Graptemys geographica)
northern pinesnake (Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus)
northern red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys rubriventris rubriventris)
northern red-bellied snake (Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata) ...
Map turtles are known for their communal basking; the turtles gather on rocks and logs jutting out from deep water, and bask together. Often, when space is short, one turtle crawls on top of another.
 See also: Turtle, Shell, Reptile, Painted Turtle, Snapping Turtle
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