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Peninsular Cooter

Pseudemys peninsularis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Korea.January 0, February 0, March 2, April 6, May 0, June 2, July 2, August 4, September 4, October 2, November 1, December 0.
United States3,879
South Korea23
Georgia18
Spain14
Comunidad de Madrid9
Texas8
California6
Portugal6
Seoul6
Jeju5

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

Remember the name next time.

Practise Peninsular Cooter with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.