Pearl River map turtle
| Pearl River map turtle | |
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| Graptemys pearlensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Subfamily: | Deirochelyinae |
| Genus: | Graptemys |
| Species: | G. pearlensis |
| Binomial name | |
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Graptemys pearlensis Ennen et al., 2010 |
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The Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis) is a species of emydid turtle native to the southern United States.
It is endemic to the Pearl River in Louisiana and Mississippi. The ringed map turtle (G. oculifera) is also endemic to the Pearl River.
Until 2010, it was included in the Pascagoula map turtle (G. gibbonsi), which it resembles.
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