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July 16, 2024 at 9:34 AM. A potential new setback to the contentious One Lake development project comes down to the Pearl River Map Turtle, a species named for its distinct map-like shell pattern ...
The Pearl River map turtle ( Graptemys pearlensis) is a species of emydid turtle native to the southern United States. According to a study done in January 2017, the species G. pearlensis was significantly less abundant in the Pearl River region as compared to G. oculifera and exhibited a smaller number of reproductively mature females.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ruled in favor of protecting the Pearl River map turtle under the Endangered Species Act on Tuesday. The decision puts a bump in the road for a potential dam ...
Graptemys ocalifera Nutaphand, 1979 ( ex errore) [2] Graptemys oculifera. — H.M. Smith & Brodie, 1982 [3] The ringed map turtle or ringed sawback ( Graptemys oculifera) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae endemic to the southern United States .
Black-knobbed map turtle. The black-knobbed map turtle ( Graptemys nigrinoda ), formerly known as the black-knobbed sawback, is a small to medium-sized aquatic turtle with light gray skin. [5] Some of the most distinguishing characteristics of the black-knobbed map turtle, and the Graptemys genus, are the protruding "spikes" on the turtle's ...
Graptemys is a genus of freshwater turtles containing 14 species, commonly known as map turtles. [5] Graptemys are small to medium-sized turtles that are significantly sexually dimorphic, with females in some species attaining as much as twice the length and ten times the mass as males. Depending on the species, adult males range from 7–16 cm ...
The ringed map turtle, also called the ringed sawback (Graptemys oculifera), was designated threatened in 1986, is only found in the Pearl River basin. The alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) designated threatened in 2006. The Pearl River map turtle, thought to be the Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) until 2010, but was ...
Habitat. The northern map turtle inhabits ponds, rivers, and lakes. They prefer large bodies of water and areas with fallen trees and other debris for basking. These turtles are more often found in rivers than in lakes or ponds. They are found in larger rivers and lakes in the northern portion of their range [8] but are more likely to live in ...