Looks like a 'teenage' female almost adult False Map Turtle. The older they get the lighter the color on the shells...warmer climate effects that too. The belly plate line seams will fade as she gets older. Color patterns on the head will vary greatly. Common is the dots on the jaws. Which is the giveaway.
Graptemys pseudogeographica
https://theturtleroom.com/species-profiles/graptemys-pseudogeographica-pseudogeographica/
1st photo is of a very young juvenile.
Those also have the "eyebrows" though, and a slight ridgeline down the spine of the carapace, don't they? This one lacked both of those characteristics.
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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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