Pascagoula map turtle
Pascagoula map turtle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Emydidae |
Genus: | Graptemys |
Species: | G. gibbonsi |
Binomial name | |
Graptemys gibbonsi Lovich & McCoy, 1992 | |
Combined range map of Pascagoula map turtle (eastern blue section) and Pearl River map turtle (western blue section) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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The Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi ) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is endemic to the southern United States.
Geographic range
The Pascagoula map turtle is restricted to the Pascagoula River in the United States. It formerly included a population in the Pearl River, but in 2010, that population was described as a separate species, the Pearl River map turtle, Graptemys pearlensis.[3] The Pascagoula map turtle shares its range with the yellow-blotched map turtle, G. flavimaculata.
Etymology
The specific name, gibbonsi, is in honor of American herpetologist "Whit" Gibbons.[4]
References
- ↑ van Dijk PP (2011). "Graptemys gibbonsi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T184436A97294046. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T184436A8275938.en. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 187. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ Ennen, Joshua R.; Lovich, Jeffrey E.; Kreiser, Brian R.; Selman, W.; Qualls, Carl P. (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.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Graptemys gibbonsi, p. 100).
Further reading
- Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). Graptemys gibbonsi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
- Lovich JE, McCoy CJ (1992). "Review of the Graptemys pulchra Group (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae), with Descriptions of Two New Species". Annals of Carnegie Museum 61 (4): 293-315. ("Graptemys gibbonsi, new species", pp. 302–304, Figures 6-7).
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