EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pseudemys gorzugi
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Deirochelyinae ()
genus...............Pseudemys (Cooter Turtles)
species..............Pseudemys gorzugi (Rio Grande Cooter)
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- Original Description
- Ward 1984 : 29
- Holotype
- KU 39986
- Type Locality
- "3 1/2 mi. W Jimenez, Río San Diego, Coahuila, México, 850 feet altitude"
- Original name
- Pseudemys concinna gorzugi
- Common Name
- Rio Grande Cooter
- Distribution
- Rio Grande basin in Texas and Mexico and Pecos River basin in southeast New Mexico and adjacent Texas
- Comments
- None
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