#1504 · 🦎 reptiles

Northern Map Turtle

🇳🇱 Landkaartschildpad ·Graptemys geographica

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The northern map turtle ( Graptemys geographica ), or common map turtle , is an aquatic turtle in the family Emydidae. It is endemic to North America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 20,478iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
20,478 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1817 (209 years ago).