Pearl River map turtle
| Pearl River map turtle | |
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| Graptemys pearlensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Subfamily: | Deirochelyinae |
| Genus: | Graptemys |
| Species: | G. pearlensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Graptemys pearlensis Ennen et al., 2010[2] | |
The Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis) is a species of emydid turtle native to the southern United States.
Geographic range
It is endemic to the Pearl River in Louisiana and Mississippi.[2] The ringed map turtle (G. oculifera) is also endemic to the Pearl River.
Taxonomy
Until 2010, it was included in the Pascagoula map turtle (G. gibbonsi), which it resembles.[2]
References
- ↑ van Dijk, P.P. (2010). "Graptemys pearlensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- 1 2 3 Ennen, Joshua R.; Jeffrey E. Lovich; Brian R. Kreiser; W. Selman; Carl P. Qualls. (2010). Genetic and Morphological Variation Between Populations of the Pascagoula Map Turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) in the Pearl and Pascagoula Rivers with Description of a New Species. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 9 (1): 98–113.
External links
- Graptemys pearlensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 April 2013.
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