#1483 · 🦎 reptiles
False Map Turtle
🇳🇱 Onechte Landkaartschildpad ·Graptemys pseudogeographica
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- 1. © Charlotte Kirchner · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © texasturtles · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 8. © Beth Anderson · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 10. © Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The false map turtle ( Graptemys pseudogeographica ) is a species of turtle endemic to the United States. It is a common pet species. Two subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies described here.
base stats
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
- Spotted 3 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #10 most seen of the reptiles in NL.
- 5,276 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by John Edward Gray in 1831 (195 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- False Map Turtle
- Nederlands
- Onechte Landkaartschildpad
- scientific name
- Graptemys pseudogeographica
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Testudines
- family
- Emydidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 3
- sightings in Europe
- 697
- sightings worldwide
- 5,276
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1831 by John Edward Gray
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 39847, Wikidata Q1078899, GBIF 2443091, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.