Mississippi map turtle appearance.
Mississippi map turtle tank size.
Gravel built up with some larger rocks to create a beach on one side of the tank serves well as a basking area and dry docking station for your turtle.
Kohnii possesses a crescent shaped stripe along the posterior rim of the eye and pure specimens have an unmarked iris.
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Mississippi map turtle lifespan.
The average lifespan for most mississippi maps lies somewhere between 15 and 20 years but when kept properly in captivity a mississippi map turtle can live for up to 30 years or more.
The tank should also be tall enough to provide areas for the turtle to swim so we suggest a minimum height of around 300mm.
Females need about a 125 gallon tank.
The size of the tank depends on how big it is but to save money its best just to buy a tank for the adult size.
Adult males mississippi map turtles can do well in tank size as small as 75 gallons.
However we recommend bumping that up to 90 gallons if possible.
Generally males do fine in tanks that are around 4 feet in length.
Map turtles get their name because the patterns on their shells resemble that of a map.
The maximum tank size is unlimited because maps are excellent swimmers but at a minimum there should be 5 to.
They re easily over fed protein resulting in an unhealthy growth rate and pyramiding of the shell.
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The mississippi map turtle is one of 13 map turtle species and it is a subspecies of the false map turtle.
Height isn t a huge factor because the reptiles can t climb.
6 to 10 inches average male adult size.
Features two subspecies namely the.
Full grown map turtles need plenty of swimming space but typically a 75 gallon fish tank will do well for one male turtle.
The mississippi map turtle can grow to 300mm 12 long and needs a proportional amount of space to live happily.
This provides plenty of swimming room.
It is sometimes referred to as the sawback turtle because of its unique carapace which has a ridge running down the center.
30 to 50 years.
Average female adult size.
Females of this subspecies occasionally develop enlarged heads.
Mississippi map turtle general info.
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