Pascagoula map turtle

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

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]
    Obst, 2003
    (ex errore)

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
  1. van Dijk PP (2016) [errata version of 2011 assessment]. "Graptemys gibbonsi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T184436A97294046. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T184436A8275938.en.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 187. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  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. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Graptemys gibbonsi, p. 100).

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