卡氏地圖龜

卡氏地圖龜（學名：Graptemys caglei，英文：Cagle's map turtle）是地圖龜屬下的一種龜，只生活在美國及墨西哥。

語源學
其種加詞caglei是爲了紀念美國爬蟲學家弗雷德·雷·卡格爾（Dr. Fred Ray Cagle，1915-1968）。Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. xiii + 312 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Graptemys caglei, p. 46.)

描述
卡氏地圖龜的背殼及胸甲上有繁複的花紋，背殼後半部份有鋸齒狀邊緣，它是地圖龜屬中最小的物種之一，雌雄異形十分明顯，其中雄性的背殼一般只有長，雌性則超過。

參考文獻

擴展閱讀
Conant, R. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin. Boston. xviii + 429 pp. + 48 plates. ISBN 0-395-19979-4 (hardback), ISBN 0-395-19977-8 (paperback). (Graptemys caglei, p. 58 + Figure 9 on p. 56 + Map 21.)
Haynes, D., and R.R. McKown. 1974. A New Species of Map Turtle (Genus Graptemys) from the Guadalupe River System in Texas. Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany 18 (4): 143-152. ("Graptemys caglei new species")
Smith, H.M., and E.D. Brodie, Jr. 1982. Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. Golden Press. New York. 240 pp. ISBN 0-307-13666-3. (Graptemys caglei, pp. 50–51.)

外部連結
 Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Graptemys caglei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.

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