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 | |
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Scientific classification | |
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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Binomial name | |
Graptemys gibbonsi Lovich & McCoy, 1992
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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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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.
The specific name, gibbonsi, is in honor of American herpetologist "Whit" Gibbons.[6]