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Beans, a female Diamondback turtle full of eggs, was trapped in a sunken patio in Wellfleet, MA on Cape Cod on July 8, 2007.
I Have Never Seen A Turtle Whilst Snorkelling I Wud Love 2 See 1 Because They Are Very Friendly And Wen They Swim It Makes Me Laugh =P
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One of distinguishing features of map turtles is the ridge of black tipped knobs running along the spine, and the jagged rear carapace edge. The shell is typically olive to brown with an intricate pattern of yellow to orange semi-circles on the carapace scutes (reminiscent of a road map); these patterns often fade with age & may be obscured by algae overgrowth. Mississippi maps have moderately prominent black-tipped knobbing (less than Black-Knobbed maps, more than Common maps).
The plastron is tan to yellowish with brown lines resembling wood grain at the edges of the scutes. These fade with age and become less distinct. The plastron may have some dark patterning.
The head of the Mississippi map has the main identifying feature. On the side of the head there will be a curved line (a ‘reverse crescent’) that curves down behind & sweeps under the eye. From the top view there is a single line running down the center of the head separating the two crescent lines on the sides. Another semi-reliable distinguishing feature is the round pupil & bright, unbroken iris; Mississippi maps stereotypically have no bar across the pupil (unlike Ouachita & False maps), though exceptions exist.
Females are considerably larger than males. The male being 3 ½” to 5” and the female anywhere from 6” to 10” SCL. Males have a leaner look more like juveniles, but females have a bulkier build.
Map turtles get their name from the lines and markings on their carapace which resemble the contour lines of a map. Sex can be determined by examining the tail. The tail of the female is considerably smaller than that of the male. The male has a much thicker-based and longer tail than the small petite tail of the female. Males also have slightly longer nails on the forelegs (similar to painted males, but not the extent of male sliders & cooters).
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These Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles reside around Paradise Cove , on the island of Oahu.
Filmed with Gopro Hero 3+ this is a screen grab from my youtube clip "Dancing with Turtles."
Trachemys scripta elegans (considered a subspecies of the pond slider, T. scripta.) In a pond at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin.
June evening at Lake Maria State Park, MN. See a painted turtle in the grass and get out to get a few photos and expect it to run off like most painted turtles do, but it didn't. It was digging in the ground a hole and thought it was strange and then the first egg popped into the hole and watched her drop 8 eggs into the hole and then covered the hole and walked back to the lake.
This snapping turtle was covering her eggs in our yard but I never did see them hatch. Maybe they all hatched at night.
June evening at Lake Maria State Park, MN. See a painted turtle in the grass and get out to get a few photos and expect it to run off like most painted turtles do, but it didn't. It was digging in the ground a hole and thought it was strange and then the first egg popped into the hole and watched her drop 8 eggs into the hole and then covered the hole and walked back to the lake.
Saw this turtle by the side of the road. On closer inspection we found she was laying eggs in a hole that was suprisingly deep.
This is a re-post after cleaning it up some more. This was taken on the Reef n' Rays tour at Grand Caymen. This was the last shot of about 5. I knew if I went up for air I'd never find him again. Problem with point and shots is that they don't shoot when you press the button. Very frustrating with a moving subject.
I can recall seeing ads for these guys in the original Eastman and Laird TMNT comics and wanting them something fierce. I was never allowed to order them, though (and it's probably for the best; I remember some of the minis I painted as a kid, and they're awful.) But now, as an adult, I have the joy of paying waaaay too much money to get these little bits of nostalgia and give them a fresh coat of paint with my (now more skilled) hands. For the record, I may end up going back and giving these guys another go with a drybrushing, since the final wash of black made them look a little darker than I like.