Ringed map turtle

Ringed map turtle
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. oculifera
Binomial name
Graptemys oculifera
(Baur, 1890)
Range map
Synonyms
  • Malacoclemmys oculifera Baur, 1890
  • Graptemys oculifera — Baur, 1893
  • Malaclemys lesueurii oculifera
    — Siebenrock, 1909
  • Graptemys pseudogeographica oculifera — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
  • Graptemys oculifera oculifera
    — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955
  • Malaclemys oculifera
    — McDowell, 1964
  • Malaclemys oculifer
    — Cochran & Goin, 1970
  • Graptemys ocalifera Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore)[2]
  • Graptemys oculifera
    — H.M. Smith & Brodie, 1982[3]

The ringed map turtle or ringed sawback (Graptemys oculifera) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae endemic to the southern United States.

  1. ^ van Dijk, P.P. (2011). "Graptemys oculifera". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T9499A97421112. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013.RLTS.T9499A12996892.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  2. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 188. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. S2CID 87809001.
  3. ^ Smith, H.M., and E.D. Brodie Jr. 1982. Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. Golden Press. New York. 240 pp. ISBN 0-307-13666-3 (paperback). (Graptemys oculifera, pp. 52-53.)