Non-native stray from animal shelter
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What kind is this one?
stenodactylus
Sep 12, 2007 05:30 PM
Replies (5)
anuraanman
Sep 16, 2007 11:55 PM
It looks to me like a false map turtle, Graptemys pseudogeographica
It could be some other sort of map turtle though -- so many of them look alike to me...
what makes you sure it's non-native?
stenodactylus
Sep 17, 2007 08:10 PM
because the only turtle native to this area is the western pond turtle. Its not one of those, obviously, thus not native 
anuraanman
Sep 19, 2007 10:27 AM
ok -- not native then. I still say it's a map turtle and am inclined to call it a False Map Turtle but again -- my only experience is with the Northern Map Turtle so all I'm really going on is that it looks like one of those but different 
Katrina
Sep 18, 2007 08:54 PM
That is a fantastic turtle! No problem adopting it out!
Katrina
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1.2 Eastern Muds - Fred, Ethel, Edith
0.1 Iguana - Tiffel
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batrachos
Dec 04, 2007 05:40 PM
That is definitely a Mississippi Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii), a ubspecies of the False Map Turtle; it is common in the southern parts of the Mississippi drainage.
