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River Cooter

Pseudemys concinna

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 362, February 347, March 394, April 747, May 479, June 222, July 200, August 206, September 245, October 261, November 340, December 330.
United States17,003
Texas3,330
North Carolina1,414
Georgia1,349
Louisiana1,318
Alabama862
Tennessee804
Virginia712
South Carolina534
Mississippi523

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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