EMYSystem Genus Page: Graptemys
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
SubfamilySubfamily Deirochelyinae ()
GenusGenus Graptemys (Map Turtles)
Species
range of genus Graptemys
approximate range
G. barbouri
G. caglei
G. ernsti
G. flavimaculata
G. geographica
G. gibbonsi
G. nigrinoda
G. oculifera
G. ouachitensis
G. pseudogeographica
G. pulchra
G. versa
 
Original Description Agassiz 1857 : 436
Common name Map Turtles
Distribution Eastern USA and southeastern Canada
Comments The species composition of this genus is problematic; see Comments under G. ouachitensis and G. pseudogeographica. Reviewed by Dobie (1981).
 
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