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The Florida red-bellied cooter is commonly exported for consumption and the pet trade, with about 50% wild caught individuals and 50% captive bred. Most of US export statistics (as collected by the World Chelonian Trust in 2002–2005) simply describe exported turtles by the genus, Pseudemys , without identifying the species.
Both races can be distinguished from sympatric Pseudemys species by the immaculate yellow color of their plastrons and the lack of a U-shaped cusp in the upper jaw (characteristic of the Florida redbelly turtle). The carapace length of the size ranges from 23 to 33 cm (9.1 to 13.0 in) typically and the normal weigh is (in the slightly larger ...
This is a fairly large river turtle. Females average about 30 cm (12 in) in length and weigh on average around 3 kg (6.6 lb), although large females can measure up to 40 cm (16 in). [1] Males' maximum size is 29.5 centimetres (11.6 in). [1] The northern red-bellied turtle is the largest recorded basking turtle in the Chesapeake Bay region. [4]
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 enslaved people from Africa.
Red-bellied turtle can refer to several turtle species: Pseudemys alabamensis, the Alabama red-bellied turtle; Pseudemys nelsoni, the Florida red-bellied turtle; Pseudemys rubriventris, the Northern red-bellied turtle; Red-bellied short-necked turtle, a species of turtle in the family Chelidae found in tropical Australia and Papua New Guinea
From African Dwarf frogs and Red-clawed Crabs to Male Painted Turtles and Fire-bellied Toads. ... these fully aquatic additions can reach up to 6.4 cm in size and live for five to seven years on ...
The FWC is researching a potentially fatal virus in Florida freshwater turtles, called turtle fraservirus 1 (TFV1). A turtle could be infected with TFV1 if it displays any of the following signs:
Spotted turtle; Painted turtle; Chicken turtle; Coastal plain cooter; Common box turtle; false map turtle; Escambia map turtle; Barbour's map turtle; Florida red-bellied cooter; Peninsula cooter; Suwannee cooter; Red-eared slider; Yellow-bellied slider; Eastern river cooter; Diamondback terrapin