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Northern Map Turtle

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Northern Map Turtles are one of a group of three map turtles that are similar in appearance. Northern Map Turtles lack the prominent eyebrow and chin spots.
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Northern Map Turtle Graptemys geographica. Uncommon to locally common in Interior Plateau, Appalachian Plateau, and Ridge and Valley.

Common Name: Northern Map Turtle
Scientific Name: Graptemys geographica
Wisconsin Status: protected through regulations
Most occurrences for the Northern Map Turtle are from medium to large rivers.

Northern Map Turtle Graptemys geographica
Pascagoula Map Turtle/ Pearl River Map Turtle Graptemys gibbonsi
Black-knobbed Map Turtle Graptemys nigrinoda
Southern Black-knobbed Map Turtle/ Delta Map Turtle Graptemys nigrinoda delticola ...

northern map turtle (Graptemys geographica)
northern pinesnake (Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus)
northern red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys rubriventris rubriventris)
northern red-bellied snake (Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata) ...

See also: Turtle, Map Turtle, Cooter, Shell, Ouachita Map Turtle