Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Emydidae Bibliography of the genus Graptemys Biodiversity of the family Emydidae Genus Graptemys Map Turtles Höcker-Schildkröten, Höcker-Schmuckschildkröten Landkortskildpadder 1857 Graptemys Agassiz (type species: Testudo geographica Le Sueur 1817) Contents: 14 species, of which 13 (92.9%) are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: C. and E. North America. Reported from: Canada (Ontario, Quebec), USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin). Graptemys barbouri Southeastern Map Turtle, (Barbour's Map Turtle) Barbours Höckerschildkröte Sydøstlig Landkortskildpadde 1942 Graptemys barbouri Carr & Marchand Malaclemys barbouri McDowell 1964 Distribution: USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia). Graptemys caglei Guadalupe River Map Turtle, (Cagle's Map Turtle) Cagles Höckerschildkröte Guadalupe-landkortskildpadde 1974 Graptemys caglei Haynes & McKown Distribution: USA (Texas). Graptemys ernsti Escambia Map Turtle, (Ernst's Map Turtle) Escambia-Höckerschildkröte Escambia-landkortskildpadde 1992 Graptemys ernsti Lovich & McCoy Graptemys pulchra ernsti Artner 2003 Distribution: USA (Alabama, Florida). Graptemys flavimaculata Yellow-blotched Map Turtle, Yellow-blotched Sawback Gelbtupfen-Höckerschildkröte Gulplettet Landkortskildpadde 1954 Graptemys flavimaculata Cagle Graptemys oculifera flavimaculata Mertens & Wermuth 1955 Distribution: USA (Mississippi). Graptemys flavimaculata © Rune Midtgaard Graptemys geographica Northern Map Turtle, Common Map Turtle Echte Landkarten-Höckerschildkröte Nordlig Landkortskildpadde, Almindelig Landkortskildpadde 1817 Testudo geographica Le Sueur Emys geographica Say 1825 Terrapene geographica Bonaparte 1831 Clemmys geographica Fitzinger 1835 Graptemys geographica Agassiz 1857 Malacoclemmys geographica Cope 1875 Malaclemys geographica Hurter 1893 1836 Emys megacephala Holbrook (Fritz & Havas 2006) Distribution: Canada (Ontario, Quebec), USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin). Graptemys gibbonsi Pascagoula Map Turtle, (Gibbons' Map Turtle) Pascagoula-Höckerschildkröte Pascagoula-landkortskildpadde 1992 Graptemys gibbonsi Lovich & McCoy Graptemys pulchra gibbonsi Artner 2003 Remarks: Previously included the population now assigned to pearlensis (Ennen, Lovich, Kreiser, Selman & Qualls 2010). Records from Louisiana (e.g., Fritz & Havas 2006; Lovich, Selman & McCoy 2009) refer to gibbonsi. Distribution: USA (Mississippi). Graptemys nigrinoda Black-knobbed Map Turtle, Black-nobbed Sawback Schwarzbeulen-Höckerschildkröte Sortknoppet Landkortskildpadde 1954 Graptemys nigrinoda Cagle Graptemys oculifera nigrinoda Mertens & Wermuth 1955 Malaclemys nigrinoda Cochran & Goin 1970 1969 Graptemys nigrinoda delticola Folkerts & Mount Other common names: delticola: Southern Black-knobbed Map Turtle nigrinoda: Northern Black-knobbed Map Turtle Distribution: USA (Alabama, Mississippi). Graptemys oculifera Ringed Map Turtle, Ringed Sawback Pracht-Höckerschildkröte, Echte Höckerschildkröte Pragt-landkortskildpadde 1890 Malacoclemmys oculifera Baur Graptemys oculifera Baur 1893 Malaclemys lesueurii oculifera Siebenrock 1909 Graptemys pseudogeographica oculifera Stejneger & Barbour 1917 Malaclemys oculifera McDowell 1964 Distribution: USA (Louisiana, Mississippi). Graptemys ouachitensis Ouachita Map Turtle Ouachita-Höckerschildkröte Ouachita-landkortskildpadde 1953 Graptemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis Cagle Malaclemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis Cochran & Goin 1970 Graptemys ouachitensis Vogt 1974 Remarks: Previously included sabinensis. Formerly regarded as a subspecies of pseudogeographica (e.g., Conant & Collins 1998), but most recent publications regard it as a separate species (e.g., Vogt 1978, Ward 1980; Iverson 1992, Fritz & Havas 2006; Dijk, Iverson, Rhodin, Shaffer & Bour 2014). Introduced to: USA (Florida). Distribution: USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin). Graptemys ouachitensis © Rune Midtgaard Graptemys pearlensis Pearl River Map Turtle Pearl-Höckerschildkröte Pearl River-landkortskildpadde 2010 Graptemys pearlensis Ennen, Lovich, Kreiser, Selman & Qualls Remarks: Previously regarded as a population of gibbonsi. Distribution: USA (Louisiana, Mississippi). Graptemys pseudogeographica False Map Turtle Falsche Landkarten-Höckerschildkröte Uægte Landkortskildpadde 1831 Emys pseudogeographica Gray Clemmys pseudogeographica Strauch 1862 Graptemys pseudogeographica Gray 1863 Malacoclemmys pseudogeographicus Cope 1875 Malaclemys pseudogeographica Hay 1892 1831 Emys lesueurii Gray in Griffith (Fritz & Havas 2006) Graptemys lesueurii Agassiz 1857 Malacoclemmys lesueuri Yarrow 1883 Malaclemys lesueurii Siebenrock 1909 1890 Malacoclemmys kohnii Baur Graptemys kohnii Baur 1893 Malaclemys lesueurii kohnii Siebenrock 1909 Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii Stejneger & Barbour 1917 Malaclemys kohni McDowell 1964 Other common names: kohnii: Mississippi Map Turtle pseudogeographica: Common False Map Turtle Remarks: Previously included ouachitensis and sabinensis. Introduced to: Martinique, USA (Florida). Distribution: USA (Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin). Graptemys pseudogeographica © Rune Midtgaard Graptemys pulchra Alabama Map Turtle Schmuck-Höckerschildkröte Alabama-landkortskildpadde 1893 Graptemys pulchra Baur Malacoclemys pulchra Ditmars 1907 Malaclemys lesueurii pulchra Siebenrock 1909 Malaclemys pulchra McDowell 1964 Distribution: USA (Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee). Graptemys sabinensis Sabine Map Turtle Sabine-Höckerschildkröte Sabine-landkortskildpadde 1953 Graptemys pseudogeographica sabinensis Cagle Malaclemys pseudogeographica sabinensis Cochran & Goin 1970 Graptemys ouachitensis sabinensis Vogt 1980 Graptemys sabinensis Vetter 2004 Remarks: Previously regarded as a subspecies of ouachitensis. Ward (1980) suggested that sabinensis deserved full species status. This was followed by some (e.g., Vetter 2004), as opposed to others (e.g., Fritz & Havas 2006; Bickham, Iverson, Parham, Philippen, Rhodin, Shaffer, Spinks & van Dijk 2007; Iverson, Meylan & Seidel in Crother (ed.) 2008). Regarded herein as a separate species, following Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk (2021). Distribution: USA (Louisiana, Texas). Graptemys versa Texas Map Turtle Texas-Höckerschildkröte Texas-landkortskildpadde 1925 Graptemys pseudogeographica versa Stejneger Graptemys versa Smith 1946 Malaclemys versa McDowell 1964 Distribution: USA (Texas).