Pascagoula map turtle
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The Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is native to the southern United States.
Geographic range
The Pascagoula map turtle is restricted to the Pascagoula River system in the state of Mississippi in the United States.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
References
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- ↑ 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. Template:ISBN. (Graptemys gibbonsi, p. 100).
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Further reading
- 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).