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Map Turtles
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Map Turtles

Graptemys

Graptemys is a genus of aquatic, freshwater turtles, known commonly as map turtles or sometimes sawback turtles, which are endemic to North America.

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species

Northern Map Turtle

speciesGraptemys geographica

False Map Turtle

speciesGraptemys pseudogeographica

Ouachita Map Turtle

speciesGraptemys ouachitensis

Texas Map Turtle

speciesGraptemys versa

Cagle's Map Turtle

speciesGraptemys caglei

Alabama Map Turtle

speciesGraptemys pulchra

Ringed Map Turtle

speciesGraptemys oculifera

Sabine Map Turtle

speciesGraptemys sabinensis

Black-knobbed Map Turtle

speciesGraptemys nigrinoda

Barbour's Map Turtle

speciesGraptemys barbouri

Pearl River Map Turtle

speciesGraptemys pearlensis

Escambia Map Turtle

speciesGraptemys ernsti

Yellow-blotched Map Turtle

speciesGraptemys flavimaculata

Pascagoula Map Turtle

speciesGraptemys gibbonsi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39844.