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    The Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra) is a species of emydid turtle native to the southern United States. Differentiation from other turtle species...
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    the Dakotas southward to southwestern Alabama, southern and western Mississippi, and Louisiana. The false map turtle also lives in several other river systems...
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    Graptemys (redirect from Map turtle)
    a genus of freshwater turtles containing 14 species, commonly known as map turtles. Graptemys are small to medium-sized turtles that are significantly...
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    black-knobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda), formerly known as the black-knobbed sawback, is a small to medium-sized aquatic turtle with light gray...
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  • Thumbnail for Ouachita map turtle
    The Ouachita map turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis) is a species of turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. Subspecies include: Graptemys ouachitensis ouachitensis...
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  • Thumbnail for Barbour's map turtle
    Owning Barbour's map turtle is illegal in Georgia, Michigan, and Alabama. The limit is two turtles per person in Florida. Like all map turtles, it is under...
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  • Thumbnail for Alabama red-bellied cooter
    The Alabama red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys alabamensis) or Alabama red-bellied turtle, is native to Alabama. It belongs to the turtle family Emydidae, the...
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    Pearl River Map Turtle With Section 4(d) Rule; and Threatened Species Status for Alabama Map Turtle, Barbour's Map Turtle, Escambia Map Turtle, and Pascagoula...
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  • Thumbnail for Escambia map turtle
    The Escambia map turtle (Graptemys ernsti), also known commonly as Ernst's map turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is endemic...
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  • subspecies pose no threat to humans. Alabama law makes it illegal to take, sell or possess turtles, turtle parts, or turtle eggs from the wild for commercial...
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    softshell turtle is 26 years. The Florida softshell turtle is found primarily in the state of Florida, but it also ranges to southern sections of Alabama, Georgia...
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  • Thumbnail for Painted turtle
    The painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) is the most widespread native turtle of North America. It lives in relatively slow-moving fresh waters, from southern...
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    recognized as being valid. The musk turtle is also known as the Mississippi musk turtle. It was first found in Alabama in 1994, but was mainly claimed in...
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  • (ouachitensis) sabinensis) False map turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica) LC Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra) NT Texas map turtle (Graptemys versa) LC Diamond-backed...
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  • Thumbnail for Southern painted turtle
    The southern painted turtle (Chrysemys dorsalis) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. It is endemic to the south-central United States. The southern...
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  • Thumbnail for Kemp's ridley sea turtle
    sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), also called commonly the Atlantic ridley sea turtle, Kemp's ridley turtle, and Kemp's ridley, is a species of turtle in...
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    Alabama (/ˌæləˈbæmə/ AL-ə-BAM-ə) is a state in the Southeastern and Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia...
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  • Thumbnail for Capture of painted turtles
    game departments allow recreational taking of painted turtles with differing restrictions. Alabama allows a creel limit of ten, of each of the three subspecies...
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  • Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) EN IUCN Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis) EN, species not recognized by SSAR Ringed map turtle (Graptemys...
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  • Thumbnail for Eastern mud turtle
    The eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum) or common mud turtle is a common species of turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is endemic...
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    plant species. The endangered animals include the Alabama beach mouse, gray bat, Alabama red-bellied turtle, fin and humpback whales, bald eagle, and wood...
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    turtle, and bog turtle, common species in the southeastern U.S. include gopher tortoise, pond slider, Escambia map turtle, Barbour's map turtle, eastern river...
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  • Thumbnail for Flattened musk turtle
    Musk Turtle". Outdoor Alabama. Retrieved 2024-03-31. Dodd, C.K., Jr. 2008. Sternotherus depressus Tinkle and Webb 1955 – flattened musk turtle. In: Rhodin...
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  • Thumbnail for Cumberland slider
    also called commonly the Cumberland turtle and Troost's turtle, is a subspecies of pond slider, a semiaquatic turtle in the family Emydidae. The subspecies...
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  • map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis) Alabama red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys alabamensis) Coahuilan box turtle...
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    Luxapallila Creek (category Rivers of Alabama)
    6-mile-long (118.4 km) stream in Mississippi and Alabama in the United States. Luxapalila means "flying turtle" in the Choctaw language. The creek drains a...
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  • snapping turtle) Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus (Alameda whipsnake) Pholidoscelis polops (St. Croix ground lizard) Pseudemys alabamensis (Alabama red-belly...
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  • 51% of its freshwater turtle species, and 60% of its freshwater mussel species are native to Alabama's rivers. All rivers in Alabama eventually flow into...
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    The Mississippi–Alabama barrier islands are a chain of barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico along the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama enclosing the Mississippi...
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  • Escambia County Schools, is a school district headquartered in Brewton, Alabama. It serves all areas in Escambia County outside of Brewton. Communities...
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