Graptemys pseudogeographica kohni —
Rhodin et al., 2010[2]
The Mississippi map turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohni) is a
subspecies of land and water turtle belonging to the
familyEmydidae. G. p. kohni is
endemic to the central
United States.
Etymology
The Mississippi map turtle derives its common name not from the state of
Mississippi, but rather from the
Mississippi River.
^"Graptemys pseudogeographica ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^Baur G (1890). "Two New Species of Tortoises from the South". Science16 (405): 262-263. (Malacoclemmys kohnii, new species, p. 263).
^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.
ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. (Graptemys kohni, p. 145).
Further reading
Conant R (1975). A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. xviii + 429 pp. + 48 plates.
ISBN0-395-19979-4 (hardback),
ISBN0-395-19977-8 (paperback). (Graptemys kohni, pp. 56–57 + Plates 5, 8 + Map 19).
Powell R, Conant R,
Collins JT (2016). Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp., 47 Plates, 207 Figures.
ISBN978-0-544-12997-9. (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii, pp. 208–209, Figure 93 + Plates 16, 21).
Smith HM; Brodie ED Jr (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp.
ISBN0-307-13666-3 (paperback). (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohni, pp. 50–51.)