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Taxonomy:
A monotypic species with no recognized subspecies (Iverson et al. 2008).
Distribution:
The Northern Map Turtle is found throughout Middle and East Tennessee in
streams of the Tennessee and Cumberland River drainage basins.
One questionable literature record (see below) exists from the Reelfoot
Lake area.
Museum Records
by Counties: Anderson—TU
31172.
Bedford—AUM 22910.
Blount—MCZ 1913, TU 21909.
Cheatham—USNM 129390.
Claiborne—USNM
86674, 86676, 86762-86765.
Clay—UMMZ 112385.
Davidson—CMNH R 3005, R
3197; UMMZ 70704.
Decatur—KU 3361.
Dickson—APSU 18129.
Giles—UTKVZC 6795.
Hamblen—UMMZ 96264.
Houston—APSU 1397, 6004,
6016, 6036.
Jackson—TTU 967.
Lincoln—TU 16051.
Loudon—NCSM 40888.
Maury—LSUMZ 34929.
Montgomery—APSU 1813.
Overton—USNM 107784.
Perry—UMMZ 125233.
Rhea—UTKVZC 3755.
Roane—USNM 86699, 86700,
86737.
Scott—APSU 6174.
Stewart—APSU 781, 834, 3453.
Wayne—AUM
32659; TU 15075.
White—TTU 528.
Literature
Sources by Counties:
Blount—Wood
(1946), Tilley and Huheey (2001).
Clay—Gentry (1941).
Coffee—Niemiller (2005).
Franklin—Miller et al. (2005).
Houston—Williamson (2001a).
Marshall—Haislip 2008.
Montgomery—Scott
(1967), Scott and Snyder
(1968).
Overton—Gentry (1941).
Roane—Krumholz (1954),
Johnson (1964).
Rutherford—Linsuwan and Dunn (1977, 1978), Cooper and Sharp (1982),
Glorioso and Niemiller (2006).
Questionable
and/or Erroneous Records:
Wells et al. (1974) reported collecting several (exact number not given)
females from “the Reelfoot Lake area of West Tennessee” for use in a laboratory
study to determine the effects of aldrin and dieldrin on the ATPase system.
Apparently the remains of these animals were discarded following the
study, thus no voucher material exist.
This record, though not being disputed, must be considered problematic
until verified with voucher specimens or photographs of the species from this
part of Tennessee.
Conservation Status: None.
Posted: 23 July 2009
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