Animalia > Chordata > Testudines > Emydidae > Graptemys > Graptemys ouachitensis

Graptemys ouachitensis (Ouachita Map Turtle)

Synonyms: Graptemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis; Graptemys pseudogeographica sabinensis

Infraspecies

Graptemys ouachitensis ouachitensis (Ouachita map turtle)
Graptemys ouachitensis sabinensis (Sabine map turtle)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.881 lbs (1.307 kg)
Female Weight [1]  2.881 lbs (1.307 kg)
Female Maturity [1]  7 years
Male Maturity [1]  3 years 6 months
Gestation [1]  60 days
Litter Size [2]  11
Litters / Year [2]  3
Maximum Longevity [2]  35 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Chickasaw National Recreation Area V 7025 Oklahoma, United States
Little River National Wildlife Refuge   Oklahoma, United States
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge IV 26618 Alabama, United States

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan 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
♦ 2Turtles and Tortoises Demographic Traits Database for CITES Listed Species ver. 01, Species360 (2018)
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