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Pseudemys alabamensis (Alabama Redbelly Turtle; alabama red-bellied turtle)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Alabama red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys alabamensis) or Alabama red-bellied turtle, is native to Alabama. It belongs to the Emydidae turtle family. It is the official reptile of the state of Alabama.
View Wikipedia Record: Pseudemys alabamensis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Pseudemys alabamensis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  7.666 lbs (3.477 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  8 grams
Female Weight [1]  7.141 lbs (3.239 kg)
Female Maturity [1]  11 years
Male Maturity [1]  9 years
Gestation [1]  73 days
Litter Size [1]  12
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  4 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Southeastern conifer forests United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests

Emblem of

Alabama

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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