Animalia > Chordata > Testudines > Emydidae > Pseudemys

Pseudemys (cooter turtles, cooters, and red-bellied turtles)

Synonyms: Nectemys; Ptychemys

Wikipedia Abstract

Pseudemys is a genus of large, herbivorous, freshwater turtles of the eastern United States and adjacent northeast Mexico. They are often referred to as cooters, which stems from kuta, the word for turtle in the Bambara and Malinké languages, brought to America by African slaves.
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Species

Chrysemys carri
Chrysemys williamsi
Pseudemys alabamensis (Alabama Redbelly Turtle) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Pseudemys concinna (Eastern River Cooter) (Attributes)
Pseudemys gorzugi (Rio Grande cooter) (Attributes)
Pseudemys idahoensis
Pseudemys nelsoni (Florida Redbelly Turtle) (Attributes)
Pseudemys peninsularis (Peninsula Cooter) (Attributes)
Pseudemys rubriventris (Eastern Redbelly Turtle, Northern Red-bellied Turtle) (Attributes)
Pseudemys taylori
Pseudemys texana (Texas River Cooter) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0