Peninsula cooter

Peninsula cooter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Emydidae
Subfamily: Deirochelyinae
Genus: Pseudemys
Species: P. peninsularis
Binomial name
Pseudemys peninsularis
(Carr, 1938)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Pseudemys floridana peninsularis Carr, 1938
  • Pseudemys floridana penunsularis Allen, 1939 (ex errore)
  • Chrysemys floridana peninsularis Weaver & Rose, 1967
  • Pseudemys peninsularis Seidel, 1994

The peninsula cooter (Pseudemys peninsularis) is a species of freshwater turtle in the genus Pseudemys. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the coastal plain cooter (P. floridana) when that turtle is not itself considered a subspecies of the river cooter (P. concinna).

Distribution

The Species is native to the South West portion of the United States. It can be found in rivers, ponds, and lakes.

References

  1. 1 2 Rhodin 2011, p. 000.181
  2. Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 194–195. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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