False map turtle

False map turtle
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Graptemys
Species:	G. pseudogeographica
Binomial name
	Graptemys pseudogeographica; (Gray, 1831)
Subspecies
	G. p. pseudogeographica ; (Gray, 1831),; false map turtle; G. p. kohnii (Baur, 1890),; Mississippi map turtle;
	Range map
Synonyms
	Emys pseudogeographica Gray, 1831; Emys lesueurii Gray, 1831; Graptemys lesueurii — Agassiz, 1857; Clemmys pseudogeographica ; — Strauch, 1862; Graptemys pseudogeographica ; — Gray, 1863; Malacoclemmys pseudogeographicus — Cope, 1875; Malacoclemmys lesueuri ; Yarrow, 1883 (ex errore); Malacoclemmys pseudographicus Davis & Rice, 1883 (ex errore); Malacoclemmys lesueurii ; — Boulenger, 1889; Malaclemys pseudogeographica ; — O.P. Hay, 1892; Malaclemys pseudogeographicus — Paulmier, 1902; Graptemys pseudogeographicus ; — Siebenrock, 1909; Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica ; — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917; Malaclemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica ; — Cochran & Goin, 1970; Graptemys pseudogeoraphica Anan'eva, 1988 (ex errore); Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica — Crother, 2000;

The false map turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica) is a species of turtle endemic to the United States. It is a common pet species. Two subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies described here.

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