EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pseudemys texana
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Deirochelyinae ()
genus...............Pseudemys (Cooter Turtles)
species..............Pseudemys texana (Texas Cooter)
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- Original Description
- Baur 1893b : 223
- Holotype
- ANSP 246
- Type Locality
- "San Antonio [Bexar County], Texas" [USA]
- Original name
- Pseudemys texana
- Common Name
- Texas Cooter
- Distribution
- Brazos to Colorado and Guadalupe-San Antonio river basins of central Texas, USA
- Comments
- Subgenus Ptychemys, although its closest relative is apparently P. concinna in the subgenus Pseudemys according to most authors. Considered a subspecies of Pseudemys concinna by many recent authors; but see Ward (1980 and 1984). Reviewed by Etchberger and Iverson (1990).
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