Pearl River map turtle

It is endemic to the Pearl River in Louisiana and Mississippi. The ringed map turtle (G. oculifera) is also endemic to the Pearl River. ==Taxonomy==

Until 2010, it was included in the Pascagoula map turtle (G. gibbonsi), which it resembles. ==Conservation==

In 2024, the Pearl River map turtle was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Basking survey data suggest that fewer than 22,000 individuals existed in the wild in 2020, with low or moderate resiliency estimates in all portions of the turtle's range. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) assessed that the Pearl River map turtle is threatened by habitat loss and degradation, take for collection and climate change. The construction of the Ross Barnett Reservoir between 1960 and 1963 rendered a portion of the Pearl River unsuitable for occupancy by the lotic species. On the basis of similarity of appearance to Graptemys pearlensis, the USFWS also listed the macrocephalic Graptemys species G. pulchra, G. barbouri, G. ernsti and G. gibbonsi as threatened. ==References==