Protection Status

Species                                                                                                          Federal Protection         

Ringed sawback (G. oculifera)                                   Threatened (1/21/86)

Yellow-blotched sawback (G. flavimaculata)     Threatened ( 1/14/91)

Pearl River map turtle (G. pearlensis)                    Threatened (8/11/24)

Barbour’s map turtle (G. barbouri)*                          Threatened (8/11/24)

Escambia map turtle (G. ernsti)*                                Threatened (8/11/24)

Pascagoula map turtle (G. gibbonsi)*                      Threatened (8/11/24)

Alabama map turtle (G. pulchra)*                              Threatened (8/11/24)

* Awarded federal protection due to the similarity of appearance to G. pearlensis.

 

Species                                                                                       CITES Rank

Barbour’s map turtle (G. barbouri)                            Appendix II

Escambia map turtle (G. ernsti)                                 Appendix II

Pascagoula map turtle (G. gibbonsi)                       Appendix II

Pearl River map turtle (G. pearlensis)                    Appendix II

Alabama map turtle (G. pulchra)                              Appendix II

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Cagle’s map turtle (G. caglei)                                      Appendix III

Yellow-blotched sawback (G. flavimaculata)**  Appendix III

Northern map turtle (G. geographica)                   Appendix III

Black-knobbed sawback (G. nigrinoda)                Appendix III

Ouachita map turtle (G. ouachitensis)                   Appendix III

Ringed sawback (G. oculifera)**                               Appendix III

False map turtle (G. pseudogeographica)***    Appendix III

Sabine map turtle (G. sabinensis)                          Appendix III

Texas map turtle (G. versa)                                       Appendix III

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** = federal listed species

*** = both subspecies