Sabine Map Turtle vs. False Map Turtle

They share the Sabine and Neches rivers of eastern Texas and the bayous of western Louisiana (the Mississippi Map Turtle form of the False Map Turtle). A: An oval or long yellow blotch behind the eye in the Sabine Map Turtle; a yellow crescent or bar curving behind the eye in the False Map Turtle. B: Five to nine thin yellow neck lines run up to the eye in the Sabine Map Turtle; the crescent cuts off the neck lines: few or none reach the eye in the False Map Turtle. The Sabine Map Turtle is smaller (females to 6 in) and keeps the black-tipped knobs on its shell longer.

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