Pearl River Map Turtle
Graptemys pearlensis Ennen, Lovich, Kreiser, Selman & Qualls, 2010
Also calledPearl-River-Höckerschildkröte (deu) · Tortuga Mapa del Rio Pearl (spa) · سلحفاة الخريطة نهر اللؤلؤ (ara) · パールチズガメ (jpn) · 珍珠河地圖龜 (zho)
First described in: Ennen, Joshua R.; Jeffrey E. Lovich, Brian R. Kreiser, W. Selman, Carl P. Qualls. Genetic and Morphological Variation Between Populations of the Pascagoula Map Turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) in the Pearl and Pascagoula Rivers with Description of a New Species.
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Holotype: CM 62162 (photographed in the original description, p. 105, Fig. 5); paratypes (14), AUM 21975 and 32438; CM 67474, 67480, 94904, 94909, 94916, 94940, 95050, 95055, 95059, 95663, 95632, and 95674. See comment under Graptemys pulchra.
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7826255.