EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pseudemys floridana


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Deirochelyinae ()
genus...............Pseudemys (Cooter Turtles)
species..............Pseudemys floridana (Common Cooter)
Original Description
LeConte 1829 : 100
Syntypes
(number uncertain) A specimen in the MNHN is apparently a syntype according to R. Bour pers. comm.
Type Locality
"St. John's river of East Florida" [USA]
Original name
Testudo floridana
Common Name
Common Cooter
Distribution
Coastal plain from Louisiana to Florida to North Carolina, USA
Comments
Subgenus Pseudemys. See Comment under Pseudemys concinna.
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