EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pseudemys nelsoni
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Deirochelyinae ()
genus...............Pseudemys (Cooter Turtles)
species..............Pseudemys nelsoni (Florida Red-bellied Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Stejneger 1925 : 463
- Holotype
- MCZ 39888
- Type Locality
- "Fellsmere, Indian River County,Florida," [USA]
- Original name
- Pseudemys nelsoni
- Common Name
- Florida Red-bellied Turtle
- Distribution
- Florida, and SE Georgia [USA]; the identification of populations in northwest Florida is problematical (see Jackson, 1978a; and Iverson and Etchberger, 1989)
- Comments
- Subgenus Ptychemys. Sometimes referred to as Pseudemys rubriventris nelsoni (e.g., Wermuth and Mertens, 1977; Fritz, 1989a; Obst, 1983b). Reviewed by Jackson (1978).
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