Sometimes, yep -but not always. The dots on the upper and lower jaw, along with the "ridges" at the rear edges of the shell plates are the easy identifiers. There are a number of features on these guys that change sooo much as they age. Those rough edges/ridges smooth out over time. The plate seams underneath fade in color too. It's even possible for the "eyebrows" to disappear -but the dots on the face and the olive-green tints in the shell stick around.
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Well, you seem to know quite a bit about these, so I'll call it a winner, though I still may not be 100% convinced. Thanks for the help!
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I still think it is more like a painted turtle, the shell is all wrong for a map or box. But I will defer.
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Lol, the wife's just a weeee bit .....obsessed... with turtles and frogs. I'm ok with being wrong -who learns anything useful from being right "all" the time? Seems like the older I get, the more I don't mind learning new things. And it's pretty neat to see how much interest there has been on your post here. So cool! *if wrong, does that mean we get to pass the bounty on? :-)
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