Graptemys pseudogeographica
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False Map Turtle
Subspecies I've seen:
G. p. pseudogeographica
Northern False Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica
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Northern False Map Turtle
I was told by the local experts that all of these distant turtles are in fact False Map Turtles, and I believe the local experts.
Online references:
- Graptemys pseudogeographica account on The Reptile Database
Printed references:
- Conant, R., Collins, J. T. 1998. Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition, expanded
- Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2017. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Edition
- Ernst, C. H., Barbour, R. W. 1989. Turtles of the World
- Ernst, C. H., and Lovich, J. E. 2009. Turtles of the United States and Canada, Second Edition