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Northern Map Turtle

Graptemys geographica

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 298, February 306, March 484, April 948, May 1,821, June 1,580, July 643, August 581, September 611, October 500, November 313, December 279.
United States10,581
Canada9,592
Ontario8,943
New York2,667
Michigan1,988
Ohio1,174
Tennessee669
Quebec648
Vermont603
Indiana509

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

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