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While fishin for sturgeon a friend of mine caught these in his net. The hazards of tortoise keepinort/map/029.jpg[/IMG]g.Who can id them ?

Another picture:

Ouachita Map Turtle, Graptemys ouachitensis

Right, you get all expense paid trip at 4 am on the Mississippi on a cold rainy day. Wowwee LOL. I'm waiting for the 60 lb alligator snapper to be brought to me. Yippee

They look a little like my little boy

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They are so neat!! I like the map turtles..

Macheteslaststep Wrote:They look a little like my little boy

Is your little guy a black knobbed or ringed map? We don't get these up here on the Upper Mississippi.

Itort Wrote:

Macheteslaststep Wrote:They look a little like my little boy

Is your little guy a black knobbed or ringed map? We don't get these up here on the Upper Mississippi.

I actually don't know what he is. I always thought he was a Mississippi Map, but I've been told Ouchita and Black knobbed also. I wish someone knew for sure. I'm in Jersey and found him as a hatchling on the rocks of the Delaware river at low tide. I knew he didn't belong there. I also assume it's a he because his tail is getting really long and thick, he's only 4 inches though. I've had him 2 years and he's contantly shedding his scutes still. That's why he looks like he's ringed in the picture. But he's not.

I think what you've got is black nobbed map. Definetly not native to New Jersey