Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi), recorded as Endangered
Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Pascagoula map turtle

Graptemys gibbonsi

Pascagoula map turtle is a turtle in the family Emydidae — Graptemys gibbonsi, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Graptemys gibbonsi
CITES
Appendix III
Taxonomy
Testudines · Emydidae · Graptemys

Range and habitat

The Pascagoula map turtle is restricted to the Pascagoula River system in the state of Mississippi in the United States. It formerly included a population in the Pearl River, but in 2010, that population was described as a separate species, the Pearl River map turtle, Graptemys pearlensis. The Pascagoula map turtle shares its range with the yellow-blotched map turtle, Graptemys flavimaculata.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

CITES lists this taxon on Appendix III. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.

Pascagoula map turtle is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Pascagoula map turtle, Wikidata item Q305938. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Cagle's map turtle (Graptemys caglei), recorded as EndangeredEN

Cagle's map turtle

Graptemys caglei
Photograph of Pearl river map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis), recorded as EndangeredEN

Pearl river map turtle

Graptemys pearlensis
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus

Quick answers

What is Pascagoula map turtle?
Pascagoula map turtle is a turtle in the family Emydidae — Graptemys gibbonsi.
What is the conservation status of Pascagoula map turtle?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Graptemys gibbonsi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Pascagoula map turtle live?
The Pascagoula map turtle is restricted to the Pascagoula River system in the state of Mississippi in the United States.
Why is Pascagoula map turtle in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Graptemys gibbonsi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Pascagoula map turtle a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.