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Graptemys caglei HAYNES & MCKOWN, 1974

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Higher TaxaEmydidae, Deirochelyinae, Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cagle's Map Turtle 
SynonymGraptemys caglei HAYNES & MCKOWN 1974
Graptemys caglei — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 223
Graptemys caglei — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 61
Graptemys caglei — CROTHER 2000
Graptemys caglei — TTWG 2014
Graptemys caglei — TTWG 2021 
DistributionUSA (Guadalupe and San Antonio river drainages in SC Texas)

Type locality: Guadalupe River, 8 km NW Cuero, DeWitt Co, Texas, USA.  
Reproductionoviparous. Temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD) fide Nemesházi & Bókony 2023. 
TypesHolotype: TNHC 36061 (Texas Natural History Collections, University of Texas at Austin); paratypes: TNHC 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (6223 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentDiet: carnivore.

Habitat: freshwater (lakes, rivers) 
EtymologyNamed after Tulane University testudinologist Fred R. Cagle. 
References
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  • Bertl, J. & F.C. Killebrew 1983. An Osteological Comparison of Graptemys caglei Haynes and McKown and Graptemys versa Stejneger (Testudines: Emydidae) Herpetologica 39 (4): 375-382. - get paper here
  • Bohannon, A M A & Forstner, M R J; 2018. Geographic Distribution: Graptemys caglei (Cagle’s Map Turtle). Herpetological Review 49 (4): 711 - get paper here
  • Bour, R. 2008. Global diversity of turtles (Chelonii; Reptilia) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595:593–598 - get paper here
  • Conant,R. & Collins,J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p.
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  • Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. 1989. Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London
  • Haynes, D.; McKown. R.R 1974. A new species of map turtle (genus Graptemys) from the Guadalupe River system in Texas. Tulane Stud. Zoo. Bot. 18 (4): 143-152
  • Haynes, David 1976. Graptemys caglei. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (184): 1-2 - get paper here
  • Hertwig, S. 2001. Ökologie, Haltung, und Fortpflanzung im Terrarium von Graptemys caglei, G. flavimaculata, G. nigrinoda nigrinoda und G. oculifera. Salamandra 37 (1): 21-48 - get paper here
  • Hibbitts, Troy D. and Terry L. Hibbitts 2016. Texas Turtles & Crocodilians: a Field Guide. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. xvi + 276 pp., 117 photos, 36 maps. ISBN 978-1477307779.
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