Texas map turtle

Texas map turtle
A Texas map turtle in Kimble County, TX
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Graptemys
Species:
G. versa
Binomial name
Graptemys versa
Range map
Synonyms
  • Graptemys pseudogeographica versa Stejneger, 1925
  • Graptemys versa H.M. Smith, 1946
  • Malaclemys versa — McDowell, 1964[2]
  • Graptemys versa Conant, 1975[3]

The Texas map turtle (Graptemys versa) is a species of emydid turtle endemic to Texas.

  1. ^ database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Graptemys&species=versa Graptemys versa[permanent dead link], Reptile Database
  2. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 190. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895.
  3. ^ Conant, R. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition Houghton Mifflin. Boston. xviii + 429 pp. + 48 plates. ISBN 0-395-19979-4 (hardcover), ISBN 0-395-19977-8 (paperback). (Graptemys versa, p. 58 + Plate 8 + Map 21.)