Graptemys pseudogeographica
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
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. The false map turtle lives in large streams of the Missouri and Mississippi River systems, ranging from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, through the Dakotas southward to southwestern Alabama, southern and western Mississippi, and Louisiana. The false map turtle also lives in several other river systems of Southwest Louisiana and East Texas.
Also known as a "sawback" turtle, the turtle has a carapace featuring a vertebral row of low spines, and is serrated on the posterior rim. The carapace is olive to brown in color with light yellowish markings with dark borders, often with a dark mark on each scute. The plastron color varies from cream to yellow and is patterned with dark lines along the seams in juveniles. The body color of the false map turtle is grayish... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Zoological Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Shedd Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | ZooParc de Beauval | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Kolmården Wildlife Park | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 5 | Zoo Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Wildpark Höllohe | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Cameron Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Schönbrunn Zoo | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 9 | Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Salzburg Zoo | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 11 | Espace zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 12 | Erlebniswelt Seeteufel | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 13 | Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 14 | Zoo de Córdoba | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 15 | Everglades Alligator Farm | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | A Cupulatta | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 17 | Sawgrass Nature Center | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 18 | Animal - Bird Collection | 🇬🇷 Greece | |
| 19 | Zoo Samara | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 20 | Beacon Hill Children's Farm | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 21 | Children's Aquarium at Fair Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 22 | Schramm Education Center | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 23 | Tennessee Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 24 | Pantropica | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a False Map Turtle sighting in Vancouver on a given day, based on 55 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 8 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a False Map Turtle in Vancouver on a given day, against under 5% in October to April, the lowest months. Those are among Vancouver's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against 210 mm in November.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most False Map Turtle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 19 cities where we can rate False Map Turtle sightings, Vancouver ranks 6th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Milan (Italy, about 10%), Madrid (Spain, about 10%) and Lisbon (Portugal, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the False Map Turtle is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Vancouver (55 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
