Pearl River map turtle

Pearl River map turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Emydidae
Genus:Graptemys
Species: G. pearlensis
Binomial name
Graptemys pearlensis
Ennen et al., 2010[2]
Combined range map of Pearl River map turtle (western blue section) and Pascagoula map turtle (eastern blue section)

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. (2011). "Graptemys pearlensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T184437A97423604. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T184437A8276246.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  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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