Graptemys versa
Stejneger, 1925
grap-TEM-ees — VER-suh
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Texas
First instance(s) of published English names:
Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica versa: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Texas Sawback Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica versa: 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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1925
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Stejneger, Leonard H. New species and subspecies of American turtles. Journal of the Washington Academy of Science 15(20):462-463
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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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1981
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Vogt, Richard C. Graptemys versa. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (280):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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2014
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Lindeman, Peter V. A significant range extension for the Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa) and the inertia of an incomplete literature. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 9(2):334-341
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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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