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I just got home with my babies and they are so cute. I got them from a reptile show today. When I asked what they were all I was told was map turtle. Can ya'll tell from the pictures what kind of map turtle they are?
I'm just so tickled b/c the are so cute and tiny. They're loving their basking spot and only move once for a little swim.

Here's another pic of them.

Here's another one. This one is under different lights.

From all the pictures I just found, they look like a mississippi map.

If the crecent mark cuts off the necklines from reaching further up the head, then you are correct. Nice turtles!
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roomates:
1.0.0 anery corn "zepplin"
1.0.0 normal corn "little bub"
0.0.1 red milk "ed"
2.0.0 false map turtles "marley & harley"
0.0.1 alabama map turtle "pulchra"
0.1.0 eastern garter "auspicious"

Thanks!! I was hoping I had guessed right. Here's a better shot on the lines behind their heads.

Turtles are cool!! I've been burning the digital camera up!!

I found it so entertaining to watch them. It cracks me up when they do this.....

Here's a shot of how tiny and cute they are.....I'm in love!!!

I just love their undersides...Heck, I'm just tickled I finally got some.

We have to think of names next, now they we can tell them apart...one has a circle behind it's right leg and the other turtle has a line. Their patterns don't change do they??

Definately a False Map (Graptemys Pseudogeographica).
Identifiable by the head markings.

The yellow stripes on the head of a Miss. Map curve down under the eye making a crescent shape & they usually have a white Iris w/ no bar through it, although they do sometimes have eyes like the False Map.

Here's a link to some photos of Map turtles

http://www.chelonia.org/graptemysgallery.htm
Link

I figured it out for sure a few days ago when I was looking them up online. I found more pictures with better shots of their heads. Then I saw the last 2 replies here today. I'm glad I finally know what they are. They are just so cute and doing great. They're actually pretty friendly too.

NOT a Mississippi Map (Graptemys kohni) but a False Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeograhica). The line through the eye and the short head bar are definitive, Miss. maps have a striking white sclera (area around pupil) with no line and a head bar that surrounds the entire rear of the eye.