Escambia map turtle
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Genus: | Graptemys |
| Species: | G. ernsti
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The Escambia map turtle (Graptemys ernsti) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is endemic to the United States.
Geographic range
G. ernsti is found in southern Alabama and western Florida, in rivers which drain into Escambia Bay.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, ernsti, is in honor of American herpetologist Dr. Carl Henry Ernst (born 1938).[3][4]
References
- ^ van Dijk PP (2016) [errata version of 2011 assessment]. "Graptemys ernsti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T9500A97418010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013.RLTS.T9500A12997190.en. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ a b Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ "Graptemys ernsti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Graptemys ernsti, p. 85).
Further reading
Lovich JE, McCoy CJ (1992). "Review of the Graptemys pulchra Group (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae), with Descriptions of Two New Species". Annals of Carnegie Museum 61 (4): 293–315. ("Grapemys ernsti, new species", pp. 300–302, Figures 4–5).
External links
- Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). Graptemys ernsti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
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Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. Key: †=extinct. | ||||
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