Alabama map turtle

Alabama map turtle
Alabama map turtle basking on a rock
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Subclass:	Anapsida
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Deirochelyinae
Genus:	Graptemys
Species:	Graptemys pulchra[1] (G. Baur, 1893)[1]
Synonyms[3]
Graptemys pulchra — Baur, 1893 Malacoclemmys pulchra — Ditmars, 1907 Malaclemys lesueurii pulchra — Siebenrock, 1909 Graptemys pulcra — Chaney & Smith, 1950 (ex errore) Malaclemys pulchra — McDowell, 1964 Graptemys puchra — Bertl & Killebrew, 1983 (ex errore) Graptemys pulchra pulchra — Artner, 2003

The Alabama map turtle is a turtle commonly found in the Mobile Bay drainage of Alabama, Georgia and rarely Mississippi. The species is a larger map turtle with females attaining a length of 11" inches. The keel on this map turtle is not black and there is a varied, yellow head marking. They feed mainly on mollusks, insects, carrion, and vegetation.

References

• Austin's Turtle Page

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; Paul van Dijk, Peter; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (pdf). Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. http://www.webcitation.org/5uzfktoIh. Retrieved 2010-12-15. 

v t e Family Emydidae (pond turtles) Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Reptilia · Order: Testudines · Suborder: Cryptodira · Superfamily: Testudinoidea · Family: Emydidae Genus Species of the subfamily Deirochelyinae Chrysemys Painted turtle Deirochelys Chicken turtle Graptemys Alabama map turtle · Barbour's map turtle · Black-knobbed map turtle · Cagle's map turtle · Escambia map turtle · False map turtle · Northern map turtle · Ouachita map turtle · Pascagoula map turtle · Pearl river map turtle · Ringed map turtle · Texas map turtle · Yellow-blotched map turtle Malaclemys Diamondback terrapin Pseudemys Alabama red-bellied cooter · Northern red-bellied cooter · Florida red-bellied cooter · Peninsula cooter · Rio Grande cooter · River cooter · Texas river cooter Trachemys Big bend slider · Baja California slider · Central Antillean slider · Colombian slider · Cuatro Cienegas slider · Cuban slider · D'Orbigny's slider · Hispaniolan slider · Jamaican slider · Maranhão slider · Meso-American slider · Nicaraguan slider · Ornate slider · Pond slider · Yaqui slider Species of the subfamily Emydinae Clemmys Spotted turtle Emys Blanding's turtle · European pond turtle · Sicilian pond turtle · Western pond turtle Glyptemys Bog turtle · Wood turtle Terrapene Coahuilan box turtle · Common box turtle · Ornate box turtle · Spotted box turtle Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist. Subspecies and the extinct (Gyremys sectabilis) are not included.

v t e Order Testudines (turtles) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Subclass: Anapsida Order: Testudines Suborder Superfamily Family Subfamily Genus Cryptodira      Chelydridae   Chelydra Macrochelys Chelonioidea Cheloniidae   Caretta Chelonia Eretmochelys Lepidochelys Natator Dermochelyidae   Dermochelys Kinosternoidea Dermatemydidae   Dermatemys Kinosternidae Kinosterninae Kinosternon Sternotherus Staurotypinae Claudius Staurotypus Testudinoidea Emydidae Deirochelyinae Chrysemys Deirochelys Graptemys Malaclemys Pseudemys Trachemys Emydinae Clemmys Emys Glyptemys Terrapene Geoemydidae   Batagur Cuora Cyclemys Geoclemys Geoemyda Hardella Heosemys Leucocephalon Malayemys Mauremys Melanochelys Morenia Notochelys Orlitia Pangshura Rhinoclemmys Sacalia Siebenrockiella Vijayachelys  Platysternidae   Platysternon Testudinidae   Aldabrachelys Astrochelys Chelonoidis Chersina Cylindraspis Geochelone Gopherus Homopus Indotestudo Kinixys Malacochersus Manouria Psammobates Pyxis Stigmochelys Testudo Trionychia Carettochelyidae   Carettochelys Trionychidae Cyclanorbinae Cyclanorbis Cycloderma Lissemys Trionychinae Amyda Apalone Chitra Dogania Nilssonia Palea Pelochelys Pelodiscus Rafetus Trionyx Pleurodira   Chelidae   Acanthochelys Chelodina Chelus Elseya Elusor Emydura Hydromedusa Mesoclemmys Myuchelys Phrynops Platemys Pseudemydura Rheodytes Rhinemys Pelomedusidae   Pelomedusa Pelusios Podocnemididae   Erymnochelys Peltocephalus Podocnemis Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist. Extinct turtles not included. See also List of Testudines families Portal

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