Graptemys geographica

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• Description
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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: Graptemys geographica is a species of medium to large open water with emerging snags and other basking opportunities, and with abundant molluscs . In the northern part of its range it is mainly a lake species, whereas in its more southern distribution area it seems mostly associated with rocky- or stony-bottomed rivers with deep water sections . The species feeds predominantly on molluscs, as well as some other aquatic invertebrates .

Males reach 16 cm carapace length (CL); females 27 cm CL. Maturity is reached after 12 or more years (19 cm CL) in females; age and size at maturity in males is apparently unreported. Longevity may exceed 20 years. Generation time has not been calculated.

Females usually produce two clutches of 9–17 eggs . Incubation time is difficult to determine as most hatchlings overwinter in the nest and only emerge about 11 months after nesting. Hatchlings measure about 30 (range 25–33) mm (see review in Ernst and Lovich 2009).[1].

List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Emys geographica DumÉril & Bibron 1835: 258 • Emys lesueuri Gray 1831 • Emys lesueurii • Emys megacephala • Graptemys geographica — Agassiz 1857 • Graptemys geographica — Conant & Collins 1991: 57 • Graptemys geographica — Crother 2000 • Malacoclemmys geographica Boulenger 1889 • Testudo geographica • Testudo geographica Le Sueur 1817

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Diet : omnivore .

This species is taxonomically uncontroversial and stable.[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Graptemys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 18 species and subspecies in this genus:

G. barbouri (Barbour's Map Turtle) · G. caglei (Cagle's Map Turtle) · G. ernsti (Escambia Map Turtle) · G. flavimaculata (Yellow Blotched Sawback) · G. geographica (Northern Map Turtle) · G. gibbonsi (Pascagoula Map Turtle) · G. nigrinoda (Black-Knobbed Sawback) · G. nigrinoda delticola (Delta Map Turtle) · G. oculifera (Ringed Sawback) · G. ouachitensis (Ouachita Map Turtle) · G. ouachitensis ouachitensis (Ouachita Map Turtle) · G. ouachitensis sabinensis (Sabine Map Turtle) · G. pearlensis (Pearl River Map Turtle) · G. pseudogeographica (Mississippi Map Turtle) · G. pseudogeographica kohnii (Mississippi Map Turtle) · G. pseudogeographica pseudogeographica (False Map Turtle) · G. pulchra (Alabama Map Turtle) · G. versa (Texas Map Turtle)

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Further Reading

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Notes

Contributors

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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
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• Species At Risk Act Public Registry, Government of Canada
• TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
• van Dijk, P.P. 2011. Graptemys geographica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Carnegie Museums: Amphibians and Reptiles
• Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2540184
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-3258
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13849190
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 173794
• IUCN ID: 212099
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ARAAD05040
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 17836

Footnotes

1. van Dijk, P.P. 2011. Graptemys geographica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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