Reptiles of North Carolina
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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 kohnii
(Baur, 1890) - Mississippi Map Turtle
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Taxonomy
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Testudines
Family:
Emydidae
Subfamily:
Deirochelyinae
Author:
(Baur, 1890)
Taxonomic Comments:
See species account
Species Comments:
See species account
Identification
Basis for Records:
See species account
Field Marks:
The Mississippi Map Turtle (
G. pseudogeographia kohni
)is distinguished from the nominate subspecies in its lack of a tranverse cream-colored bar on the chin; in possessing a longitudinal yellow mark at the angle of the jaws (Enrst and Lovich, 2009). The iris is typically white and lacks a bisecting line. The post-orbital line is usually so long that it prevents any of the stripes on the neck from reaching the orbit.
Morphological Features:
The scutes on the carapaces are smooth rather than lumpy (Enrst and Lovich, 2009).
Technical Reference:
Palmer and Braswell (1995); Ernst and Lovich (2009)
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Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution Comments:
Subspecies kohnii is found in western Missouri, western Tennessee and south to the Gulf of Mexico (Ernst and Lovich, 2009)
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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:
G5T4
Status 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.
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