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The genus Pseudemys has an extensive, complicated, and at times contentious taxonomic history. Historically the genus has been intertwined with other genera, at times included in other genera or having members of other genera include in it (Chrysemys, Clemmys, Emys, Ptychemys, and Trachemys), as well as the recognition of a number of additional subspecies well into the third quarter of the ...
Eastern river cooters are capable of growing up to 16.5 inches (42 cm). [1] The carapace (upper shell) is typically dark greenish brown usually with a "C" marking facing the posterior. In western populations, the "C" may be reduced and many yellow markings may be present on each scute .
The genus Pseudemys includes several species of cooters and red-bellied turtles. Pseudemys concinna is the species known as the river cooter. The name "cooter" may have come from an African word "kuta" which means "turtle" in the Bambara and Malinké languages, brought to America by African slaves.
WESTBOROUGH — Forty years ago, the estimated population for the northern red-bellied cooter, a freshwater turtle that measures 10 to 12 inches long, was estimated to be about 200.Today, thanks ...
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]
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
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 ...
One woman was moving as slow as a tortoise when she was caught red-handed trying to smuggle 29 protected turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. ... Eastern Box turtles go for $1,000 a ...