Pascagoula map turtle

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Pascagoula map turtle
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
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[3]
  • Graptemys gibbonsi
    Lovich & McCoy, 1992
  • Graptemys pulchra gibbonsi
    Artner, 2003
  • Graptemys gibbousi [sic]
    ex errore
    )

The Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is native to the southern United States.

Geographic range

The Pascagoula map turtle is restricted to the Pascagoula River system in the state of Mississippi in the United States.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

References

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  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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  4. ^ Species Grapemys gibbonsi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  5. ^ 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. (Graptemys pearlensis, new species, p. 104).
  6. . (Graptemys gibbonsi, p. 100).

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