| general
|
| description |
It is 1 of the most distinguished
of turtles occurs almost entirely within the borders of
the continental United States |
| distribution |
 northeastern
United States
code : US |
| adult
size |
approx. 11" carapax
length for females;
approx. 7" carapax length for males |
| species |
barbouri -- Barbour's
Map Turtle
caglei -- Cagle's Map Turtle
delticola -- Delta Map Turtle
ernsti -- Escambia Map Turtle
flavimaculata -- Yellow-blotched Map Turtle
geographica -- Common Map Turtle
gibbonsi -- Pascagoula Map Turtle
kohnii -- Mississippi Map Turtle
nigrinoda -- Black-knobbed Map Turtle
oculifera -- Ringed Map Turtle
pseudogeographica -- False Map Turtle
pulchra -- Alabama Map Turtle
versa -- Texas Map Turtle |
| housing |
| natural
habitats |
Semi-aquatic;
moving waters, such as rivers and large streams |
| aquarium |
Medium to large aquarium
with suitable basking branch |
| substrate |
Soil, mud, gravel, coarse
sand, smooth rocks |
| activity
period |
Daytime (diurnal);
12 - 14 hours each day with direct natural sunlight or
UV lamp (e.g. ReptiSun 5.0,
UV Heat Bulb) |
| temperature |
28 - 30 ¢XC -- basking
spot (e.g. Basking
Spot Lamp)
24 - 27 ¢XC -- cooler area (e.g. Daylight
Blue Bulb)
21 - 25 ¢XC -- at night (e.g. Nightlight
Red Bulb, Infrared
Heat Lamp, Ceramic
Heat Emitter) |
| hiding
place |
Advisable. Possibllites
include caves (e.g. Habbe
Hut, Heat Cave), etc |
| diet |
| wild
diet |
Mainly Carnivorous;
fish, crayfish, worms, amphibians larvae, aquatic plants |
| primary
food (75%) |
A good brand commercial
turtle food (e.g. Aquatic
Turtle Food), and a variety of plants like watecress,
lettuce and Helodea |
| occasional
food (25%) |
Whole prey items,prekilled
small whole fish, live earthworms, snails, aquatic plants |
| reproduction |
| reproduction |
Oviparous |
