Ringed map turtle
Species of turtle
Ringed map turtle | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Emydidae |
Genus: | Graptemys |
Species: | G. oculifera |
Binomial name | |
Graptemys oculifera (Baur, 1890) | |
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The ringed map turtle or ringed sawback (Graptemys oculifera) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae endemic to the southern United States.
Geographic range
It is frequently found in the Pearl River system in Louisiana and Mississippi. It shares this range with the Pearl River map turtle (G. pearlensis).
Description
Male turtles may attain a carapace length of 10 cm (4 in). Females are larger, and may attain a carapace length of 22 cm (8.5 in). On the carapace are light-colored rings, which are thicker than the rings on Graptemys nigrinoda.[4]
References
- ^ van Dijk, P.P. (2011). "Graptemys oculifera". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T9499A97421112. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013.RLTS.T9499A12996892.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ Fritz, Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 188. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. S2CID 87809001.
- ^ Smith, H.M., and E.D. Brodie Jr. 1982. Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. Golden Press. New York. 240 pp. ISBN 0-307-13666-3 (paperback). (Graptemys oculifera, pp. 52-53.)
- ^ Conant, R. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin. Boston. xviii + 429 pp. + 48 plates. ISBN 0-395-19979-4 (hardcover), ISBN 0-395-19977-8 (paperback). (Graptemys oculifera, p. 59 + Plate 8 + Map 17.)
Further reading
- Baur, G. 1890. Two New Species of Tortoises from the South. Science 16 (405): 262–263. (Malacoclemmys oculifera)
- Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Graptemys oculifera. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 29 July 2007. Taxidermists also play a big role in the way these turtles act.
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Emydidae family
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Suborder: Cryptodira
- Superfamily: Testudinoidea
- Family: Emydidae
Species of the Emydidae family |
![Northern red-bellied cooter(Pseudemys rubriventris)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Pseudemys_rubriventrisHolbrookV1P06.jpg/175px-Pseudemys_rubriventrisHolbrookV1P06.jpg)
- †Wilburemys yakimensis
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. Key: †=extinct.