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)
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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