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False Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica (Gray, 1831)

Current SSAR Comments:
Lindeman et al. (2015, Herpetological Review 46: 179–185) demonstrated that G. pseudogeographica from the Calcasieu River drainage in southwestern Louisiana differs from other populations in having a unique eye color and variable chin pattern. They made no taxonomic recommendations.

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Pseudo-geographic Tortoise (Emys pseudogeographica: De Kay, James E. 1842. Zoology of New-York, or, The New-York Fauna: Comprising Detailed Descriptions of All the Animals Hitherto Observed within the State of New-York, with Brief Notices of those Occasionally Found Near its Borders, and Accompanied by Appropriate Illustrations. Volume 1, Part 3 (Reptiles and Amphibians). W. & A. White & J. Visscher, Albany, New York. pp.); Sharp-backed Emys (Emys pseudogeographica: Gray, John E. 1856. Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). Taylor and Francis, London, England. 79pp.); LeSueur's Map Turtle (Malacoclemmys pseudogeographicus: Jordan, David Starr. 1876. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States: Including the District East of the Mississippi River, and North of North Carolina and Tennessee, Exclusive of Marine Species. Jansen, McClurg, and Company, Chicago, Illinois.. 342pp.); LeSueur's Map Turtle (Malacoclemmys pseudogeographicus: Jordan, David S. 1878. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States: Including the District East of the Mississippi River, and North of North Carolina and Tennessee, Exclusive of Marine Species. Second Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. Jansen, McClurg & Company, Chicago. pp.); Le Sueur's Map Turtle (Malacoclemmys pseudo-geographicus: Davis, N. S., and Frank L. Rice. 1883. List of Batrachia and Reptilia of Illinois. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 1(3):25–32); LeSueur's Map Tortoise (Malaclemys pseudo-geographica: Hay, Oliver P. 1892. Batrachians and Reptiles of the State of Indiana. Pages 409-624 in 17th Annual Report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources, William B. Burford, Printer and Binder, Indianapolis, Indiana. pp.); Koh's Terrapin (Malacoclemmys kohnii: Beyer, George. 1900. Louisana herpetology. Proceedings of the Louisiana Society of Naturalists 1897-1899():24-46); Map Turtle (Malaclemys lesueuri: Hurter, Julius. 1911. Herpetology of Missouri. Transactions of the Academy of Science St. Louis 20(5):59-274); Saw-back Turtle (Malaclemys lesueuri: Hurter, Julius. 1911. Herpetology of Missouri. Transactions of the Academy of Science St. Louis 20(5):59-274); False Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); MIssissippi Sawback Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohni: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Bayou Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohni: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Le Sueur's Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Midland Sawback Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); False Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica: 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:
1831 Gray, John E. Synopsis Reptilium or short descriptions of the species of reptiles. Part I: Cataphracta. Tortoises, crocodiles, and enaliosaurians. Treuttel, Wurtz, and Company, London, England. 85pp.
2015 Lindeman, P. V., I. Louque, C. Hutzinger, E. Lyons, S. H. Shively, and W. Selman. Eye color and chin pattern in the turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica in the Calcasieu River drainage of Louisiana, with comparison to adjacent drainages. Herpetological Review 46():179-185

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