Graptemys caglei
Haynes and McKown, 1974
grap-TEM-ees — kai-GUL-ai
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Ward et al. (2013, Copeia 2013: 723–728) found divergence in microsatellites, life history, morphology, and coloration between populations in the Upper Guadalupe River compared to those in the Middle Guadalupe and San Marcos Rivers. No taxonomic recommendations were made.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.08.21.20.38)
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Texas
First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1948
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Smith, Hobart M. The map turtles of Texas. Proceedigns and Tranactions of the Texas Academy of Sciences 30:60
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1994
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McCoy, Clarence J., Jr. and Richard C. Vogt. Graptemys. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (584):1-3
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1994
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Lamb, Trib, Charles Lydeard, R. B. Walker, and J. Whitfield Gibbons. Molecular systematics of map turtles (Graptemys): A comparison of mitochondrial restriction site versus sequence data. Systematic Biology 43:543-559
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2013
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Ward, R., J. B. Babitzke, and F. C. Killebrew. Genetic population structure of Cagle's Map Turtle (Graptemys caglei) in the Guadalupe and San Marcos Rivers of Texas - a landscape perspective. Copeia 2013:723-728
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2017
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Praschag, Peter, Flora Ihlow, Morris Flecks, Melita Vamberger, and Uwe Fritz. Diversity of North American map and sawback turtles (Testudines: Emydidae: Graptemys). Zoologica Scripta 46:675-682
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