Hi all,

I thought I just do a quick post first! I have 2 terrapins - a brown and green one.

I believe the brown terrapin is a False Map.

I'm not sure exactly the green one - I think its a cooter or a yellow-belly.

May be someone in here can clarify?

Are mine aquatic terrapins?

They are almost certainly aquatic, or at least semi-aquatic, only sea turtles are truly aquatic spending all their time in the water and only coming ashore to lay eggs. Most freshwater turtles (terrapins) spend a lot of time out of the water basking, and also lay their eggs on land.

If you can post some good clear photos we can tell you what species yours are.

Not sure hpw to post pitcures in here. According to your guide...I cannot find the 'Manage Attachements' button.

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welcome to the forums choco

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Welcome Choco.

This Will Help With Uploading Photo's;

How to Post Pictures

Your Speaking to the right guy anyway, Graham knows his stuff.

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Welcome Choco.

an idiot proof guide to posting pictures...

How To - Post pictures using Photobucket.

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Thanks for all your help! Here are my pictures...

Under the picture you will see an 'IMG code' copy and paste that into the forums.

*EDIT* The Link Works Now

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I'd say the one in the foreground is a Mississippi Map Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii, the other one may be a Peninsular Cooter Pseudemys peninsularia.

It's not always easy to tell for sure because both species freely interbreed with other subspecies, especially in the crowded turtle farms where most of them come from it's quite common to get cross-bred animals which have features of more than one subspecies.

The general markings of your map are those of a Mississippi, but Miss Maps aren't supposed to have a horizontal "bar" across the eye and it looks as though yours might have? It's hard to tell from that angle.