Ringed map turtle

Ringed map turtle
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Deirochelyinae
Genus:	Graptemys
Species:	G. oculifera
Binomial name
Graptemys oculifera (Baur, 1890)
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Synonyms
Malacoclemmys oculifera Baur, 1890 Graptemys oculifera — Baur, 1893 Malaclemys lesueurii oculifera — Siebenrock, 1909 Graptemys pseudogeographica oculifera — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917 Graptemys oculifera oculifera — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Malaclemys oculifera — McDowell, 1964 Malaclemys oculifer — Cochran & , 1970 Graptemys ocalifera Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore) Graptemys oculifera — H.M. Smith & Brodie, 1982

The ringed map turtle or ringed sawback (Graptemys oculifera) is a species of turtle in the Emydidae family endemic to the southern United States.

It is found only in the Pearl River system in Louisiana and Mississippi. It shares this range with the Pearl River map turtle (G. pearlensis).

Males may attain a carapace length of 10 cm (4 in). Females are larger, and may attain a carapace length of 22 cm (8.5 in). On the carapace are light-colored rings, which are thicker than the rings on Graptemys nigrinoda.

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