#1481 · 🦎 reptiles

River Cooter

🇳🇱 Hiëroglyfensierschildpad ·Pseudemys concinna

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Kala Murphy King · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Thomas de Fraipont · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0
4. © Daniel Folds · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jeri Tooley · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Chris Evers · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Diana-Terry Hibbitts · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © texasturtles · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © texasturtles · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The river cooter ( Pseudemys concinna ) is a freshwater turtle native to the central and eastern United States, from Virginia south to mid-Georgia, west to eastern Texas, Oklahoma, and north to southern Indiana. They are usually found in rivers with moderate current, as well as lakes and tidal marshes.

base stats

NL sightings 4iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 19,860iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 4 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #9 most seen of the reptiles in NL.
19,860 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Eatton Le Conte in 1830 (196 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.