Animalia > Chordata > Testudines > Emydidae > Graptemys > Graptemys geographicaGraptemys geographica (Common Map Turtle, Northern Map Turtle; Common map turtle)Synonyms: Emys lesueuri; Emys megacephala; Malacoclemmys geographica; Testudo geographica The northern map turtle (Graptemys geographica), or common map turtle, is an aquatic turtle in the family Emydidae. It is endemic to North America. This turtle is kept as a pet. |
| Gestation [2] | 75 days | | Litter Size [4] | 13 | | Litters / Year [4] | 2 | | Maximum Longevity [4] | 20 years | | Water Biome [1] | Rivers and Streams |  | | Adult Weight [2] | 2.509 lbs (1.138 kg) | | Female Weight [2] | 2.509 lbs (1.138 kg) | | | Female Maturity [3] | 14 years |
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| Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve |
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9859505 |
New York, Vermont, United States |
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George WA Carver National Monument |
V |
210 |
Missouri, United States |
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Georgian Bay Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Hot Springs National Park |
II |
5740 |
Arkansas, United States |
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Land Between the Lakes Biosphere Reserve |
V |
166264 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, United States |
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Long Point Biosphere Reserve |
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100325 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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New Jersey Pinelands Biosphere Reserve |
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New Jersey, United States |
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New River Gorge National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
55591 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park |
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20001 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Point Pelee National Park |
II |
5764 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Rondeau Provincial Park |
II |
5035 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Roosevelt Vanderbilt National Historic Site |
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New York, United States |
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Saint Croix International Historic Site |
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Maine, United States |
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Saint Lawrence Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Upper Miss. River Nat'l Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
25823 |
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States |
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Western Michigan Universitys Asylum Lake Preserve |
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274 |
Michigan, United States |
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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
26618 |
Alabama, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 4Turtles and Tortoises Demographic Traits Database for CITES Listed Species ver. 01, Species360 (2018) ♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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