EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pseudemys alabamensis
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Deirochelyinae ()
genus...............Pseudemys (Cooter Turtles)
species..............Pseudemys alabamensis (Alabama Red-bellied Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Baur 1893b : 224
- Syntypes
- (2 specimens) USNM 20966; USNM 20967
- Type Locality
- "Mobile, Ala[bama]." [USA]
- Original name
- Pseudemys alabamensis
- Common Name
- Alabama Red-bellied Turtle
- Distribution
- Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA
- Comments
- Subgenus Ptychemys. Frequently referred to as Pseudemys rubriventris alabamensis (e.g., Wermuth and Mertens, 1977; Fritz, 1981a; Obst 1983b). See Comment under Pseudemys nelsoni. Reviewed by Groombridge (1982) and McCoy and Vogt (1985).
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