Ringed map turtle
{{Short description|Species of turtle}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Ringed sawback turtle - Graptemys oculifera.jpg
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = van Dijk, P.P. | title = Graptemys oculifera | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2011 | page = e.T9499A97421112 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2011 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/9499/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013.RLTS.T9499A12996892.en | access-date = 24 December 2017| doi-access = free }}
| genus = Graptemys
| species = oculifera
| authority = (Baur, 1890)
| range_map = Graptemys oculifera map.png
| range_map_caption = Range map
| 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 & Goin, 1970 - Graptemys ocalifera Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore){{Cite journal | journal = Vertebrate Zoology | title = Checklist of Chelonians of the World | date = 2007 | author = Fritz, Uwe | author2 = Peter Havaš | volume = 57 | issue = 2 | pages = 188 | doi = 10.3897/vz.57.e30895 | s2cid = 87809001 | doi-access = free }}
- Graptemys oculifera
— H.M. Smith & Brodie, 1982Smith, H.M., and E.D. Brodie Jr. 1982. Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. Golden Press. New York. 240 pp. {{ISBN|0-307-13666-3}} (paperback). (Graptemys oculifera, pp. 52-53.)
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The ringed map turtle or ringed sawback (Graptemys oculifera) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae endemic to the southern United States.
Geographic range
It is frequently found in the Pearl River system in Louisiana and Mississippi. It shares this range with the Pearl River map turtle (G. pearlensis).
Description
Male turtles 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.Conant, R. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin. Boston. xviii + 429 pp. + 48 plates. {{ISBN|0-395-19979-4}} (hardcover), {{ISBN|0-395-19977-8}} (paperback). (Graptemys oculifera, p. 59 + Plate 8 + Map 17.)
References
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Further reading
- Baur, G. 1890. Two New Species of Tortoises from the South. Science 16 (405): 262–263. (Malacoclemmys oculifera)
- Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/9499/all Graptemys oculifera]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Retrieved 29 July 2007. Taxidermists also play a big role in the way these turtles act.
{{Emydidae}}
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Category:Endemic reptiles of the United States
Category:ESA threatened species
Category:Taxa named by Georg Baur