Pearl River map turtle
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G. pearlensis
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| Graptemys pearlensis Ennen et al., 2010[2]
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The Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis) is a species of emydid turtle native to the southern United States.
Geographic range
It is endemic to the Pearl River in Louisiana and Mississippi.[2] 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.[2]
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ennen, Joshua R.; Jeffrey E. Lovich; Brian R. Kreiser; W. Selman; Carl P. Qualls. (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.
External links
- Graptemys pearlensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 April 2013.
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Family Emydidae (pond turtles)
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