River Cooter
Pseudemys concinna
Photo by J. Willson
Description: A large turtle often found in rivers.
River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
No photo of the River Cooter available.
The River Cooter is from the order Testudines. All turtles are testudines (or Chelonia). There are more than 280 different species belonging to this order.
River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
Photos by J.D. Willson unless otherwise noted ...
Texas River Cooter
Relatives in same Genus
Cooter (P. floridana)
Florida Redbelly Turtle (P. nelsoni) ...
Eastern River Cooter
Pseudemys concinna concinna
photo by John White
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Eastern River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
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River Cooter Pseudemys concinna concinna. Common and statewide in rivers, lakes, and larger streams. Subspecific allocation of Alabama’s populations is problematic. Lowest Conservation Concern.
Pseudemys concinna
River Cooter
Pseudemys nelsoni
Florida Red-bellied Cooter ...
eastern river cooter (Pseudemys concinna concinna)
eastern six-lined racerunner (Cnemidophorous sexlineatus sexlineatus)
eastern slender glass lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus)
eastern smooth earthsnake (Virginia valeriae valariae) ...
Description: The Florida cooter is a large turtle with very similar physical characteristics to the river cooter.
While many live near water, turtles can’t breathe underwater-they hold their breath. The Cypress Swamp exhibits yellow-bellied sliders, chicken turtles, spotted turtles, river cooters and alligator snapping turtles.
Pond cooters are denizens of big cypress swamps, flooded river backwaters, and relatively permanent, large wetlands, such as Carolina bays. They will travel overland in search of water. They differ from their close cousin, the river cooter, ...
 See also: Cooter, Turtle, Slider, Shell, Reptile
  
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