DFW HERPS

Graptemys pseudogeographica

False Map Turtle

 
     

MISSISSIPPI MAP TURTLE Graptemys pseudogeographica (Gray 1831)   

STATUS: Rare

DOCUMENTED COUNTIES:  Ellis, Parker, and Tarrant

HABITAT:  Trinity River Bottoms

COMMENTS:  Much work needs to be done on the Graptemys sp. from this area.  Very little is known of their ecology.

SUBSPECIES: Mississippi Map Turtle G. p. kohnii (Baur, 1890)