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Coastal Plain Cooter

Pseudemys floridana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 44, February 48, March 45, April 65, May 53, June 32, July 27, August 26, September 35, October 40, November 35, December 37.
United States2,270
Georgia482
Alabama197
North Carolina153
South Carolina101
Virginia48
Mississippi37
Louisiana27
Texas24
Oklahoma16

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderTurtles and Tortoises · Testudines
FamilyPond and Box Turtles · Emydidae
GenusCooters · Pseudemys

Sources

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