EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Graptemys ouachitensis
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Deirochelyinae ()
genus...............Graptemys (Map Turtles)
species..............Graptemys ouachitensis (Ouachita Map Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Cagle 1953a : 10
- Holotype
- UMMZ 104345
- Type Locality
- "Ouachita River, four miles northeast of Harrisonburg [Catahoula County], Louisiana" [USA]
- Original name
- Graptemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis
- Common Name
- Ouachita Map Turtle
- Distribution
- Minnesota to West Virginia to Louisiana to central Oklahoma, USA
- Comments
- Elevated to species status by Vogt (1978; 1980) and supported by Ward (1980), although considered a subspecies of G. pseudogeographica by Conant and Collins (1991). Includes Graptemys sabinensis according to Vogt (1978; 1980), although Ward (1980) suggests that this taxon may deserve separate species status. Distribution follows Vogt (1978) until the range and specimen identifications are better clarified.
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