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Ringed Map Turtle
Graptemys oculifera (Baur, 1890)

Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.08.21.20.37)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Ringed Sawback Turtle (Graptemys oculifera: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1890 Baur, G. Two new species of tortoises from the South. Science 16(Ser. 1):262-263
2024 Selman, Will. Distribution and abundance of Graptemys oculifera (Ringed Sawback) and Graptemys pearlensis (Pearl Map Turtle) in the Pearl River system of Louisiana, USA. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 19(1):129-143
2024 Glorioso, Brad M., Will Selman, Brian R. Kreiser, and Aidan Ford. Hiding in plain sight: Federally protected Ringed Map Turtles (Graptemys oculifera) found in a new river system. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 19(1):96-105

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