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Who can help me ID this mud trurle?
alex_cheng
Oct 01, 2005 09:48 PM
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turtledude03
Oct 01, 2005 11:07 PM
Looks like it could be a white cheek mud turtle. Not 100% sure though.
mayday
Oct 02, 2005 07:51 AM
But it looks like a juvenile K. scorpioides or maybe K. leucostomum.
Will be easier to identify when it grows up a little more.
Neat looking turtle though!
alex_cheng
Oct 02, 2005 10:47 AM
A K. scorpioides should have 3 keels on its back?
A whitelip havn't black-striped on its month?
mayday
Oct 02, 2005 12:48 PM
The keels on scorpioides can be quite variable depending on the population. The keels can be hardly noticeable in some specimens.
K. leucostomum usually has more defined yellow stripes on the head at that size too.
This looks like some Brazilian scorpioides that I have seen photos of.
RobBierman
Jun 23, 2006 11:47 PM
I say Mississippi Mud Turtle.
I have one that looks similiar.
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