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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]
The state of Mississippi list the yellow-blotched map turtle (G. flavimaculata) as threatened and the ringed map turtle (G. oculifera) and black-knobbed map turtle (G. nigrinoda) as endangered. [30] In Alabama , all six species of map turtles occurring in the state are classified as nongame species protected by the state. [ 31 ]
The Pascagoula map turtle is restricted to the Pascagoula River system in the state of Mississippi in the United States. [4] It formerly included a population in the Pearl River, but in 2010, that population was described as a separate species, the Pearl River map turtle, Graptemys pearlensis. [5]
The Pearl River Map Turtle was discovered by researchers at the University of Southern Mississippi in 2010 and was officially inducted into the “endangered species” category by the U.S. Fish ...
The turtles get their name from the map-like patterns on their shells. The endangered turtles cannot survive in lakes and the dams would flood their nesting sites, worrying environmentalist groups ...
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.
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The alligator snapping turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in North America and one of the larger freshwater turtles in the world. One record sized individual with a 31.5-inch (80 cm) shell has been documented, and another 251-pound (114 kg) captive specimen recorded, however, 35–100 pounds (16–45 kg) and 12–20 inches (30–51 cm) is ...