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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Deirochelyinae ()
genus...............Graptemys (Map Turtles)
species..............Graptemys flavimaculata (Yellow-blotched Map Turtle)
Original Description
Cagle 1954 : 167
Holotype
TU 14798
Type Locality
"Pascagoula River, 13 miles S. W. of Lucedale, George Co., Mississippi" [USA]; restricted to "Pascagoula River at Old Benndale Crossing (T3S, R8W, Sec. 1)" [Georgia Co., Mississippi, USA] by Cliburn (1971:17).
Original name
Graptemys flavimaculata
Common Name
Yellow-blotched Map Turtle
Distribution
Pascagoula River drainage in Mississippi, USA
Comments
Reviewed by McCoy and Vogt (1987).
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