Pascagoula map turtle
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Subfamily: | Deirochelyinae |
| Genus: | Graptemys |
| Species: | G. gibbonsi |
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Graptemys gibbonsi Lovich & McCoy, 1992 |
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The Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) is a species of turtle in the Emydidae family endemic to the southern United States.
It is found in the Pascagoula River in the United States. 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. 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.
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