| Texas map turtle | |
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| A Texas map turtle in an aquarium | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Subclass: | Anapsida |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Subfamily: | Deirochelyinae |
| Genus: | Graptemys |
| Species: | G. versa |
| Binomial name | |
| Graptemys versa (Stejneger, 1925)[1] |
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The Texas map turtle (Graptemys versa) is a turtle commonly found in central Texas in the Colorado River drainage on the Edwards Plateau. The species is a smaller map turtle with females only attaining a length of 19 cm (71⁄2 in). The keel on this map turtle is not black and there is a J-shaped head marking. They feed mainly on mollusks, insects, carrion, and vegetation.
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