| Pearl River map turtle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Genus: | Graptemys |
| Species: | G. pearlensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Graptemys pearlensis Ennen et al., 2010[3]
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| Combined range map of Pearl River map turtle (western blue section) and Pascagoula map turtle (eastern blue section) | |
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. Further, this study highlighted statistical and observational evidence that this species exhibited female-biased, sexual dimorphism.[4]
- ^ van Dijk, P.P. (2016) [errata version of 2011 assessment]. "Graptemys pearlensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T184437A97423604. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ^ Ennen, Joshua R.; Lovich, Jeffrey E.; Kreiser, Brian R.; Selman, W.; Qualls, Carl P. (2010). "Genetic and morphological variation between populations of the Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) in the Pearl and Pascagoula Rivers with description of a new species". Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 9 (1): 98–113. doi:10.2744/CCB-0835.1. S2CID 49358338.
- ^ Selman, Will; Jones, Robert L. (January 2017). "Population structure, status, and conservation of two Graptemys species from the Pearl River, Mississippi". Journal of Herpetology. 51 (1): 27–36. doi:10.1670/15-082. ISSN 0022-1511. S2CID 89108416.