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{{Short description|Species of turtle}}
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| image = Graptemys ernsti 18Jun09 EscambiaRiver 2z.JPG
| status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3▼
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| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=van Dijk PP |author-link=species:Peter Paul van Dijk |title=''Graptemys ernsti '' |page=e.T9500A97418010 |year=2011 |errata=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013.RLTS.T9500A12997190.en |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref>
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| status2_system = CITES
| status2_ref = <ref name="CITES">{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2023-03-01|website=cites.org}}</ref>
▲| genus = ''[[Graptemys]]''
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▲| species = '''''G. ernsti'''''
▲| binomial = ''Graptemys ernsti''
▲| binomial_authority = [[Jeffrey E. Lovich|Lovich]] & [[Clarence John "Jack" McCoy|McCoy]], 1992
| range_map = Graptemys ernsti map.png
| range_map_caption = Range map
| synonyms = *''Graptemys ernsti'' <br>{{small|Lovich & McCoy, 1992}}
*''Graptemys
*''Graptemys
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="Fritz2007">{{cite journal
▲| synonyms_ref=<ref name="Fritz2007">{{cite journal | journal = Vertebrate Zoology | title = Checklist of Chelonians of the World | year = 2007 | first = Uwe | last = Fritz |author2=Havaš, Peter | volume = 57 | issue = 2 | url = http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/5v20ztMND | archivedate = 2010-12-17 | accessdate = 29 May 2012 }}</ref>
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The '''Escambia map turtle''' ('''''Graptemys ernsti''')'', also known [[Common name|commonly]] as '''Ernst's map turtle''', is a [[species]] of [[turtle]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Emydidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[United States]].
==Geographic range==
==Habitat==
The preferred natural habitat of ''G. ernsti'' is flowing fresh water, in medium to large creeks and rivers.<ref name=iucn/>
==Etymology==
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''ernsti'', is in honor of American [[Herpetology|herpetologist]] [[species:Carl H. Ernst|Dr. Carl Henry Ernst]].<ref>{{EMBL
==Description==
Females of ''G. ernsti'' are larger than males. Females may attain a straight [[carapace]] length of {{cvt|28.5|cm|in}}, but males only grow to a straight carapace length of {{cvt|13|cm|in}}.<ref name=iucn/>
==Diet==
The diet of ''G. ernsti'' varies according to age and gender. Males and juveniles [[Predation|prey]] predominately upon insects, but females prey almost entirely upon snails and clams, including the invasive species ''[[Corbicula fluminea]].<ref name=iucn/>
==Reproduction==
Males of ''G. ernsti'' reach sexual maturity at an age of 3–4 years, but females don't reach sexual maturity until an age of 14–19 years. Each sexually mature female lays an average of 4 [[Clutch (eggs)|clutches]] a year, with an average clutch size of 7 eggs.<ref name=iucn/>
==References==
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==Further reading==
*[[species:Joshua R. Ennen|Ennen JR]], [[species:James Godwin|Godwin J]], [[species:Jeffrey E. Lovich|Lovich JE]], [[species:Brian R. Kreiser|Kreiser BR]], [[species:Brian Folt|Folt B]], [[species:Sarah Hazzard|Hazzard S]] (2016). "Interdrainage Morphological and Genetic Differentiation in the Escambia Map Turtle, ''Graptemys ernsti'' ". ''Herpetological Conservation & Biology'' '''11''' (1): 122–131.
*Lovich
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