Mississippi Map Turtle Taxonomy

Class: Reptilia

Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae

Genus: Graptemys

Species: Graptemys kohnii

This is Myrtle. Murtle is a Mississippi Map Turtle.

Apparently his name is also Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii.

We saved a turtles life today.

http://www.wildlifenorthamerica.com/Reptile/Mississippi-Map-Turtle/Graptemys/kohnii.html