Aquatic. Strong middorsal keel. Large yellow spot behind eye. Smaller yellow spot below eye and on lower jaw. Neck stripes usually reach eye. 
Arkansas Herpetological Atlas 2019
This species is represented by 336 records from 16 sources: 260 museum (
), 0 literature (
), 0 research (
), and 29 observation (
), with 47 additional Trauth et al. (2004) locality points remaining unsourced (
). It has been museum vouchered for 20 of 75 counties (), with 32 additional counties having other forms of reported occurrence (). Years of collection range from 1855 to present.
This species may occur statewide, particularly in larger rivers and associated reservoirs and outside of high gradient streams of the Interior Highlands. The Graptemys ouachitensis / pseudogeographica complex has historically presented taxonomic challenges and the occasional Arkansas specimen has proven difficult to determine specific assignment. Many localities plotted by Trauth et al. (2004) remain unsourced.
