Escambia map turtle
Graptemys ernsti Lovich & Mccoy, 1992
Status not recordedturtles and tortoises
The escambia map turtle (Graptemys ernsti) is a species in the family Emydidae, order Testudines.
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Quick facts about the escambia map turtle
- Weight
- up to 2.87 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 28.5 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 7src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 3.5 years – 16.5 yearssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 2 – 4src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Lifestyle
- Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the escambia map turtle live?
Not recorded
Is the escambia 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 escambia map turtle classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderTestudines
- familyEmydidae
- genusGraptemys
- SpeciesGraptemys ernsti Lovich & Mccoy, 1992
Other names and names in other languages (8)
- سلحفاة الخريطة اسكامبياArabic
- želva ErnstovaCzech
- Ernsts HöckerschildkröteGerman
- Escambia-HöckerschildkröteGerman
- Tortuga mapa de EscambiaSpanish
- Ernst-tarajosteknősHungarian
- アーンストチズガメJapanese
- 恩氏地圖龜Chinese
Relatives of the escambia map turtle
Other species in the same genus Graptemys.
Yellow blotched sawback
Graptemys flavimaculata
Black-knobbed sawback
Graptemys nigrinoda
Cagle's map turtle
Graptemys caglei
Common map turtle
Graptemys geographica
Northern false map turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica
Texas map turtle
Graptemys versa
CompareEscambia map turtle vs Yellow blotched sawbackEscambia map turtle vs Black-knobbed sawbackEscambia map turtle vs Cagle's map turtleEscambia map turtle vs Common map turtle
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the escambia map turtle?
The escambia map turtle (Graptemys ernsti) 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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