Escambia map turtle
| Escambia map turtle | |
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| Graptemys ernsti | |
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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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| Graptemys ernsti & , 1992
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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 (2011). "Graptemys ernsti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T9500A97418010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013.RLTS.T9500A12997190.en.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
- ^ a b Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2010. 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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