Graptemys oculifera
(Baur, 1890)
grap-TEM-ees — awk-yoo-lif-ER-uh
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Previously thought to be endemic to the Pearl River system of central Mississippi and eastern Louisiana until Glorioso et al. (2024, Herpetological Conservation and Biology 19: 96-105) discovered a disjunct and genetically distinct population in a section of the Bogue Falaya, Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.08.21.20.37)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Ringed Sawback Turtle (Graptemys oculifera: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1890
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Baur, G. Two new species of tortoises from the South. Science 16(Ser. 1):262-263
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1988
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McCoy, C. J. and Vogt, Richard C. Graptemys oculifera Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (422):1-2
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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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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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2024
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Selman, Will. Distribution and abundance of Graptemys oculifera (Ringed Sawback) and Graptemys pearlensis (Pearl Map Turtle) in the Pearl River system of Louisiana, USA. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 19(1):129-143
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2024
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Glorioso, Brad M., Will Selman, Brian R. Kreiser, and Aidan Ford. Hiding in plain sight: Federally protected Ringed Map Turtles (Graptemys oculifera) found in a new river system. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 19(1):96-105
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