Cagle's map turtle
Graptemys caglei Haynes & Mckown, 1974
Status not recordedturtles and tortoises
The cagle's map turtle (Graptemys caglei) is a species in the family Emydidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults live up to 14.5 years.
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Quick facts about the cagle's map turtle
- Weight
- up to 1.25 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 18 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- 14.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1 – 6src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 2 – 4src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the cagle's map turtle live?
Not recorded
Is the cagle's map turtle endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the cagle's map turtle classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderTestudines
- familyEmydidae
- genusGraptemys
- SpeciesGraptemys caglei Haynes & Mckown, 1974
Other names and names in other languages (10)
- Cagle’s map turtleEnglish
- سلحفاة الخريطة كاجلArabic
- želva CagleovaCzech
- Cagles HöckerschildkröteGerman
- Guadalupe-River-HöckerschildkröteGerman
- Tortuga Mapa de CagleSpanish
- Tortuga mapa del Rio GuadalupeSpanish
- Cagle-tarajosteknősHungarian
- ケイグルチズガメJapanese
- 卡氏地圖龜Chinese
Relatives of the cagle's map turtle
Other species in the same genus Graptemys.
Escambia map turtle
Graptemys ernsti
Yellow blotched sawback
Graptemys flavimaculata
Black-knobbed sawback
Graptemys nigrinoda
Common map turtle
Graptemys geographica
Northern false map turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica
Texas map turtle
Graptemys versa
CompareCagle's map turtle vs Escambia map turtleCagle's map turtle vs Yellow blotched sawbackCagle's map turtle vs Black-knobbed sawbackCagle's map turtle vs Common map turtle
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How long does the cagle's map turtle live?
The cagle's map turtle has a recorded lifespan of 14.5 years.
What kind of animal is the cagle's map turtle?
The cagle's map turtle (Graptemys caglei) belongs to the family Emydidae in the order Testudines.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4
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