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title: "Northern Map Turtle"
description: "Graptemys geographica — Gady. The northern map turtle (Graptemys geographica), also known as the common map turtle, is an aquatic turtle in the family Emydidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/northern-map-turtle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Map Turtle

> Graptemys geographica — Gady. The northern map turtle (Graptemys geographica), also known as the common map turtle, is an aquatic turtle in the family Emydidae.

- Scientific name: *Graptemys geographica*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 20199
- Wikidata: [Q2093722](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2093722)
- iNaturalist taxon: [39858](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39858)

## Names

- en: Northern Map Turtle
- de: Landkarten-Höckerschildkröte
- es: Tortuga mapa del Norte
- fr: Tortue géographique
- nl: Landkaartschildpad

## Countries with the most observations

CA (9546), US (8628)

## Summary

The northern map turtle (Graptemys geographica), also known as the common map turtle, is an aquatic turtle in the family Emydidae. It is endemic to North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_map_turtle

## Photo

![Northern Map Turtle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-map-turtle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Etienne Falquet · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226082512

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-map-turtle?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).