Reptiles of North Carolina
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NC Biodiversity Project
Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ALLIGATORIDAE
ANGUIDAE
ANOLIDAE
CHELONIIDAE
CHELYDRIDAE
COLUBRIDAE
DERMOCHELYIDAE
ELAPIDAE
EMYDIDAE
GEKKONIDAE
KINOSTERNIDAE
MISCELLANEOUS
PHRYNOSOMATIDAE
SCINCIDAE
TEIIDAE
TRIONYCHIDAE
VIPERIDAE
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Emydidae Members:
Chrysemys picta
Chrysemys picta picta
Clemmys guttata
Deirochelys reticularia
Glyptemys muhlenbergii
Graptemys geographica
Graptemys pseudogeographica
Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii
Malaclemys terrapin
Pseudemys concinna
Pseudemys concinna concinna
Pseudemys concinna floridana
Pseudemys rubriventris
Terrapene carolina
Trachemys scripta
Trachemys scripta elegans
Trachemys scripta scripta
Trachemys scripta troostii
NC
Records
Graptemys pseudogeographica
(Gray, 1831) - False Map Turtle
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Taxonomy
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Testudines
Family:
Emydidae
Subfamily:
Deirochelyinae
Author:
(Gray, 1831)
Taxonomic Comments:
One of fourteen species in this strictly North American genus (SSAR, 2016). Two species are now recorded in North Carolina.
Species Comments:
Identification
Basis for Records:
Within the Badin Lakes or Yadkin-Pee Dee River more generally, good quaiity photographs showing the markings on the head and the keel on the carapace should be sufficient to identify this species. Elsewhere, specimens should be collected and sent to the NC Museum of Natural Sciences for identification.
Field Marks:
Lacks large spots on the pleural scutes; has narrow light lines behind the eye and a light postorbital stripe that originates below the orbit and continues to the top of the head (Ernst and Lovich, 2009)
Morphological Features:
This species has a well-developed keel with conspicuous low spines in both juveniles and adults (Ernst and Lovich, 2009).
Technical Reference:
Ernst and Lovich (2009)
Field Guide Descriptions:
Powell et al. (2016)
Online Photos:
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Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution Comments:
This species appears to have become only recently established in North Carolina; our records all date from 2015. Given the number and wide geographic range of our current records, this species may now have a breeding population in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin. Additionally, individuals have been photographed in Lake Brandt in the Cape Fear basin and in a pond in Cabarrus County in the Rocky River subbasin of the Yadkin-Pee Dee.
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Key Habitat Requirements
Life History and Autecology
General Ecology
Adverse Environmental Impacts
Status in North Carolina
NHP State Rank:
SE
Global Rank:
G5
Status Comments:
This species is native to the Missouri and Mississippi River basins (Enrst and Lovich, 2009)
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