The common map turtle

1. The Common Map Turtle
“Northern Map Turtle”
By: Jamiyah Sparks

3. Locomotion
The common map
turtle moves around by
swimming and walking

4. Diet

5. Habitat and Range
•The common map turtle
usually lives in lazy rivers,
swamps and some ponds
and found in the east-
central United States to
Southern Canada

6. Adaptation
•The adaptation is its
shell because it is hard
and it can protect if
from predators

7. Life Cycle/Reproduction
•Common map turtles breed in
the spring and fall. The nesting
period last from May to July. The
size of the clutch is between 6 to
20. After the eggs are laid, the
cavity is filled. The genders
determined by the temperature

8. Behavior
Common map turtles spend the
winter under water and do not
reach the surface to breath.
Adults rest on the bottom
wedged underneath rocks or
logs and hibernate communally
with other common map turtles

9. Enemies
•The enemies are water
population that can kill its
primary food source of molluscs
Also building and farming is a
threat too because it may cause
reduction in this species’
population size

10. Defense/Offense
•Common map
turtles defend
themselves by
hiding in there shell

11. The End