The Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is native to the southern United States.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Genus: | Graptemys |
| Species: | G. gibbonsi
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| Combined range map of Pascagoula map turtle (eastern blue section) and Pearl River map turtle (western blue section) | |
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Geographic range
editThe 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
editThe specific name, gibbonsi, is in honor of American herpetologist "Whit" Gibbons.[6]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 187. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895.
- ^ Species Grapemys gibbonsi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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).
Further reading
edit- Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). Graptemys gibbonsi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
- Lovich JE, McCoy CJ (1992). "Review of the Graptemys pulchra Group (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae), with Descriptions of Two New Species". Annals of Carnegie Museum 61 (4): 293–315. ("Graptemys gibbonsi, new species", pp. 302–304, Figures 6–7).