Graptemys atau Map Turtle berada di Family Emydidae yaitu sub family Deirochelynae, hampir sama dengan saudaranya, Trachemys (slider), Deirochelys (Chiken), Chrysemys (Painted), yang membedakan adalah garis di karapasnya yang membentuk duri, dinamakan Map Turtle, karna karapas pada kura kura ini memiliki corak seperti peta, setidaknya ada 12 spesies yang dimasukan kedalam genus Graptemys dan 6 sub spesies untuk saat ini.
1. Graptemys barbouri Carr & Marchand, 1942 – Barbour's map turtle
2. Graptemys caglei Haynes & McKown, 1974 – Cagle's map turtle
3. Graptemys ernsti Lovich & McCoy, 1992 – Escambia map turtle
4. Graptemys flavimaculata Cagle, 1954 – yellow-blotched map turtle or yellow-blotched sawback
5. Graptemys geographica (Lesueur, 1817) – northern map turtle, formerly known as the common map turtle
6. Graptemys gibbonsi Lovich & McCoy, 1992 – Pascagoula map turtle
7. Graptemys nigrinoda Cagle, 1954 – Black-knobbed map turtle
a. Graptemys nigrinoda nigrinoda - Black knobed map Turtle
b. Graptemys nigrinoda delticola - Delta Map Turtle
8. Graptemys oculifera (Baur, 1890) – ringed map turtle
9. Graptemys ouachitensis Cagle, 1953 – Ouachita map turtle
a. G. o. ouachitensis Cagle, 1953 – Ouachita map turtle
b. G. o. sabinensis Cagle, 1953 – Sabine map turtle
10. Graptemys pearlensis Ennen, Lovich, Kreiser, Selman, Qualls, 2010 – Pearl River map turtle
11. Graptemys pseudogeographica (Gray, 1831) – false map turtle
a. G. p. kohnii (Baur, 1890) – Mississippi map turtle
b. G. p. pseudogeographica (Gray, 1831) – false map turtle
11. Graptemys pulchra Baur, 1893 – Alabama map turtle
12.Graptemys versa Stejneger, 1925 – Texas map turtle
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