Mississippi map turtle
| Mississippi map turtle | |
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| Top: Mississippi Map Turtle; Bottom: False Map Turtle | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Genus: | Graptemys |
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| Subspecies: | G. p. kohnii
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| Trinomial name | |
| Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii (Baur, 1890)
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The Mississippi map turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii), also known commonly as Kohn's map turtle,[3] is a subspecies of land and water turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. G. p. kohnii is native to the central United States.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The common name, Mississippi map turtle, derives not from the state of Mississippi, but rather from the Mississippi River.[citation needed]
The specific name, kohnii, is in honor of amateur naturalist Joseph Gustave Kohn (1837–1906) of New Orleans, Louisiana, who collected the type specimen.[4][3]
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]G. p. kohnii is found along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, from Illinois and Missouri southward.[citation needed]
Description
[edit | edit source]The gray carapace of G. p. kohnii is covered in yellow lines which resemble contour lines of a map.[citation needed]
References
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- ^ Species Graptemys pseudogeographica at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Graptemys kohnii, p. 145).
- ^ Baur G (1890). "Two New Species of Tortoises from the South". Science 16 (405): 262–263. (Malacoclemmys kohnii, new species, p. 263).
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Conant R (1975). A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. xviii + 429 pp. + 48 plates. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (hardback), Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (paperback). (Graptemys kohni, pp. 56–57 + Plates 5, 8 + Map 19).
- Powell R, Conant R, Collins JT (2016). Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp., 47 Plates, 207 Figures. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii, pp. 208–209, Figure 93 + Plates 16, 21).
- Smith HM; Brodie ED Jr (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (paperback). (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohni, pp. 50–51.)
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