Black-knobbed map turtle facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Black-knobbed map turtle
Black-knobbed map turtle hatchlings
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Deirochelyinae
Genus:	Graptemys
Species:	G. nigrinoda
Binomial name
Graptemys nigrinoda Cagle, 1954
Subspecies
G. n. nigrinoda Cagle, 1954 – Black-knobbed Map Turtle G. n. delticola Folkerts & Mount, 1969 – Delta Map Turtle
Synonyms
Graptemys nigrinoda nigrinoda Graptemys nigrinoda Cagle, 1954 Graptemys oculifera nigrinoda Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Graptemys nigrinoda nigrinoda Folkerts & Mount, 1969 Malaclemys nigrinoda Cochran & Goin, 1970 Graptemys nigrinoda delticola Graptemys nigrinoda delticola Folkerts & Mount, 1969

The black-knobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda) is a species of aquatic turtles. Their skin is light gray and have spikes on their shell. They are part of the Graptemys genus and were once called the black-knobbed sawback turtle. They live in rivers in the Mobile Bay in Alabama and Mississippi.

• Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Graptemys nigrinoda. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.