#1482 · 🦎 reptiles
Florida Red-bellied Cooter
🇳🇱 Florida roodbuikschildpad ·Pseudemys nelsoni
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what is it?
The Florida red-bellied cooter or Florida redbelly turtle ( Pseudemys nelsoni ) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae .
base stats
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 3 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #11 most seen of the reptiles in NL.
- 10,111 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Archie Carr in 1938 (88 years ago).
- Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.
fact sheet
- English
- Florida Red-bellied Cooter
- Nederlands
- Florida roodbuikschildpad
- scientific name
- Pseudemys nelsoni
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Testudines
- family
- Emydidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- in NL
- introduced
- sightings in NL
- 3
- sightings in Europe
- 444
- sightings worldwide
- 10,111
- GBIF records in NL
- 15
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1938 by Archie Carr
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Emydidae
#1478 📷 9Pond Slider
🇳🇱 Lettersierschildpad
Trachemys scripta
LC 👀 321 in NL
#1481 📷 9River Cooter
🇳🇱 Hiëroglyfensierschildpad
Pseudemys concinna
LC 👀 4 in NL
#1483 📷 10False Map Turtle
🇳🇱 Onechte Landkaartschildpad
Graptemys pseudogeographica
LC 👀 3 in NL
#1489 📷 10Peninsular Cooter
🇳🇱 Florida Sierschildpad
Pseudemys peninsularis
LC 👀 1 in NL
#1491 📷 9Ouachita Map Turtle
🇳🇱 Ouachitazaagrugschildpad
Graptemys ouachitensis
LC 👀 1 in NL
#1492 📷 9Painted Turtle
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Sierschildpad
Chrysemys picta
LC 🌍 189.7k seen
#1495 📷 10Common Box Turtle
🇳🇱 Gewone doosschildpad
Terrapene carolina
VU 🌍 112.7k seen
#1501 📷 10Three-toed Box Turtle
Terrapene triunguis
🌍 25.6k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 39824, Wikidata Q175696, GBIF 2442843, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.