Escambia map turtle

Escambia map turtle
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Deirochelyinae
Genus:	Graptemys
Species:	G. ernsti
Binomial name
	Graptemys ernsti; Lovich & McCoy, 1992
	File:Graptemys ernsti map.png
	Range map
Synonyms
	Graptemys ernsti; Lovich & McCoy, 1992; Graptemys emstii Ferri, 2002; (ex errore); Graptemys pulchra ernsti; — Artner, 2003;

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The Escambia map turtle (Graptemys ernsti) is a species of turtle in the Emydidae family endemic to the United States. It is found in southern Alabama and western Florida, in rivers which drain into Escambia Bay.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, ernsti, is in honor of American herpetologist Dr. Carl Henry Ernst (born 1938).^[2]

Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Graptemys ernsti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.

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v t e Family Emydidae (pond turtles)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Superfamily: Testudinoidea Family: Emydidae
Genus	Species of the subfamily Deirochelyinae
Chrysemys	Painted turtle
Deirochelys	Chicken turtle
Graptemys	Alabama map turtle Barbour's map turtle Black-knobbed map turtle Cagle's map turtle Escambia map turtle False map turtle Northern map turtle Ouachita map turtle Pascagoula map turtle Pearl River map turtle Ringed map turtle Texas map turtle Yellow-blotched map turtle
Malaclemys	Diamondback terrapin
Pseudemys	Alabama red-bellied cooter Northern red-bellied cooter Florida red-bellied cooter Peninsula cooter Rio Grande cooter River cooter Texas river cooter
Trachemys	Big bend slider Baja California slider Central Antillean slider Colombian slider Cuatro Cienegas slider Cuban slider D'Orbigny's slider Hispaniolan slider Jamaican slider Maranhão slider Meso-American slider Nicaraguan slider Ornate slider Pond slider Yaqui slider
	Species of the subfamily Emydinae
Clemmys	Spotted turtle
Emys	Blanding's turtle European pond turtle Sicilian pond turtle Western pond turtle
Glyptemys	Bog turtle Wood turtle
Terrapene	Coahuilan box turtle Common box turtle Ornate box turtle Spotted box turtle
Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist. Subspecies and the extinct (Gyremys sectabilis) are not included.

Escambia map turtle

Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Deirochelyinae
Genus:	Graptemys
Species:	G. ernsti
Binomial name
*Graptemys ernsti* Lovich & McCoy, 1992
File:Graptemys ernsti map.png
Range map
Synonyms^[1]
Graptemys ernsti Lovich & McCoy, 1992 Graptemys emstii Ferri, 2002 (ex errore) Graptemys pulchra ernsti — Artner, 2003