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Southern map turtle

Graptemys ouachitensis Cagle, 1953

Status not recordedturtles and tortoises

The southern map turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis) is a species in the family Emydidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults weigh about 1.31 kg and live up to 32.5 years.

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Quick facts about the southern map turtle

Weight
1.31 kgsrc for Weight
Length
up to 25 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
32.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
35.4 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Egg incubation
60 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
10.3src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
3.5 years – 7 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
3src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the southern map turtle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the southern map turtle as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. Poland

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the southern 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 southern map turtle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderTestudines
  5. familyEmydidae
  6. genusGraptemys
  7. SpeciesGraptemys ouachitensis Cagle, 1953

Synonyms Graptemys ouachitensis ouachitensis, Graptemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • سلحفاة الخريطة أوشتاArabic
  • Tortuga Mapa de l'OuachitaCatalan
  • želva ouachitskáCzech
  • Ouachita-landkortskildpaddeDanish
  • Ouachita-HöckerschildkröteGerman
  • Tortuga mapa de OuachitaSpanish
  • Graptémyde d'OuachitaFrench
  • Graptémyde de l'Ouachita (La)French
  • Tortue géographique OuachitaFrench
  • ouachitai tarajosteknősHungarian
  • Testuggine carta geografica meridionaleItalian
  • フトマユチズガメJapanese
  • OuachitazaagrugschildpadDutch
  • kartsköldpaddaSwedish
  • Ouachita Map Turtleroot
  • 紋地圖龜Chinese

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Relatives of the southern map turtle

Other species in the same genus Graptemys.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the southern map turtle?

An adult southern map turtle weighs 1.31 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the southern map turtle live?

The southern map turtle has a recorded lifespan of 32.5 years.

Is the southern map turtle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the southern map turtle as introduced in 2 countries: Belgium and Poland, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the southern map turtle?

The southern map turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis) 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.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Southern map turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/southern-map-turtle

MLA

“Southern map turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/southern-map-turtle.

BibTeX
@misc{southern_map_turtle_2026,
  title = {Southern map turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/southern-map-turtle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}