Pearl River map turtle

Pearl River map turtle
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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

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