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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.
The Alabama red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys alabamensis) or Alabama red-bellied turtle, is native to Alabama. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It belongs to the turtle family Emydidae , the pond turtles. It is the official reptile of the state of Alabama.
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.
Two species are IUCN Endangered: the Alabama red-bellied turtle (Alabama) and the loggerhead sea turtle (South Carolina, also the state saltwater reptile of Florida). [3] [15] However, in the United States, only the Alabama red-bellied turtle is legally an endangered species. [132]
Sean Patton, 11, checks out a box turtle during the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Outdoor Adventure Camp in Silver Springs. [Alan Youngblood/Special to the Daily Commercial]
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
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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 ...