Escambia map turtle
| Escambia map turtle | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Subfamily: | Deirochelyinae |
| Genus: | Graptemys |
| Species: | G. ernsti |
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| Graptemys ernsti Lovich & McCoy, 1992 | |
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The Escambia map turtle (Graptemys ernsti) is a species of turtle in the Emydidae family endemic to the United States. It is found in southern Alabama and western Florida, in rivers which drain into Escambia Bay.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, ernsti, is in honor of American herpetologist Dr. Carl Henry Ernst (born 1938).[2]
References
- 1 2 Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
Lovich, J.E., and C.J. McCoy. 1992. Review of the Graptemys pulchra Group (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae), with Descriptions of Two New Species. Annals of Carnegie Museum 61 (4): 293-315. ("Grapemys ernsti, new species", pp. 300-302, Figures 4-5).
External links
- Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Graptemys ernsti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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