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Ringed Map Turtle

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World Rivers- Ringed Map Turtle. July 9, 2013. In the Mississippi River tank with a Spiny Softshell Turtle, a Mississippi Map Turtle, a Bowfin, and a few other fish.
 
Interesting, the sign said Stinkpot and the picture matched the turtle here (the shell at least). What species do you think it is?

~Thylo:cool:
 
I'll have to pull out the literature to do an exact identification, but it is definitely a map turtle and a fast search on this aquarium suggests the contenders are ringed map turtle (Graptemys oculifera) and false map turtle (G. pseudogeographica).
 
World Rivers- Ringed Map Turtle. July 9, 2013. In the Mississippi River tank with a Spiny Softshell Turtle, a Mississippi Map Turtle, a Bowfin, and a few other fish.

Just realized a mistake I made. There's a Mississippi Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrpis) in here, not Mississippi Map Turtle.

~Thylo:cool:
 

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