Barbour's map turtle [SEP] parent taxon
Barbour's map turtle
Barbour's map turtle ("Graptemys barbouri" ) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is endemic to the southeastern United States.
Geographic range.
"G. barbouri" is found in rivers located in southeastern Alabama, the western panhandle of Florida, and southwestern Georgia.
Etymology.
The specific name or epithet, "barbouri", is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.
Ownership.
Owning Barbour's map turtles is illegal in Georgia,
-eared slider. While common species in the northeast include Blanding's turtle, wood turtle, and bog turtle, common species in the southeastern U.S. include gopher tortoise, pond slider, Escambia map turtle, Barbour's map turtle, eastern river cooter, striped mud turtle, loggerhead musk turtle, and the Florida softshell turtle. The smooth softshell turtle is for instance found in the Ohio River and the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania.
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