Pearl River map turtle
Pearl River map turtle | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Emydidae |
Genus: | Graptemys |
Species: | G. pearlensis |
Binomial name | |
Graptemys pearlensis Ennen et al., 2010[3] | |
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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. According to a study done in January 2017, the species G. pearlensis was significantly less abundant in the Pearl River region as compared to G. oculifera and exhibited a smaller number of reproductively mature females. Further, this study highlighted statistical and observational evidence that this species exhibited female-biased, sexual dimorphism.[4]
Geographic range
It is endemic to the Pearl River in Louisiana and Mississippi.[3] 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.[3] In 2010 Ennen and his colleagues described Graptemys pearlensis as a new species. They used sequence variation of the mitochondrial control region along with the ND4 gene and found out three samples of Graptemys pearlensis constituting reciprocally monophyletic sister clades.[5]
References
- ^ van Dijk, P.P. (2016) [errata version of 2011 assessment]. "Graptemys pearlensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T184437A97423604. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ^ a b c 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. doi:10.2744/CCB-0835.1. S2CID 49358338.
- ^ Selman, Will; Jones, Robert L. (January 2017). "Population structure, status, and conservation of two Graptemys species from the Pearl River, Mississippi". Journal of Herpetology. 51 (1): 27–36. doi:10.1670/15-082. ISSN 0022-1511. S2CID 89108416.
- ^ Praschag, Peter; Ihlow, Flora; Flecks, Morris; Vamberger, Melita; Fritz, Uwe (2017). "Diversity of North American map and sawback turtles (Testudines: Emydidae: Graptemys)". Zoologica Scripta. 46 (6): 675–682. doi:10.1111/zsc.12249. S2CID 89635583.
External links
- Graptemys pearlensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 April 2013.
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Suborder: Cryptodira
- Superfamily: Testudinoidea
- Family: Emydidae
Species of the Emydidae family |
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