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Texas Map Turtle

Graptemys versa

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 81, February 78, March 88, April 168, May 103, June 82, July 48, August 60, September 55, October 59, November 76, December 74.
United States926
Texas922
Mississippi2
Louisiana2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderTurtles and Tortoises · Testudines
FamilyPond and Box Turtles · Emydidae
GenusMap Turtles · Graptemys

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Texas Map Turtle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.