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Eastern mud turtle has those light edges on the scutes as well, as does this hatchling map turtle I found, http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/226... The pronounced ridge on the back leads me to believe not a mud or musk turtle.
We may never resolve a 100% confirmed ID, but compare to this photo of a hatchling Eastern Musk Turtle:https://www.flickr.com/photos/kaptainkor...The light dots on the tips of the marginal scutes are consistent, and not a marking I recall for our Graptemys species.
It is one of the map turtles, genus Graptemys.
I agree that it is not a Snapping Turtle. It might be a baby Eastern Musk Turtle perhaps?http://herpsofarkansas.com/Turtle/HomePa...
Snapping Turtles are not green when they hatch out, and that looks a bit small to be a snapper. Do you have any other pics of this little guy?
Spotted on Apr 13, 2011 Submitted on Apr 13, 2011
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Eastern mud turtle has those light edges on the scutes as well, as does this hatchling map turtle I found, http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/226... The pronounced ridge on the back leads me to believe not a mud or musk turtle.
We may never resolve a 100% confirmed ID, but compare to this photo of a hatchling Eastern Musk Turtle:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kaptainkor...
The light dots on the tips of the marginal scutes are consistent, and not a marking I recall for our Graptemys species.
It is one of the map turtles, genus Graptemys.
I agree that it is not a Snapping Turtle. It might be a baby Eastern Musk Turtle perhaps?
http://herpsofarkansas.com/Turtle/HomePa...
Snapping Turtles are not green when they hatch out, and that looks a bit small to be a snapper. Do you have any other pics of this little guy?