#1489 · 🦎 reptiles

Peninsular Cooter

🇳🇱 Florida Sierschildpad ·Pseudemys peninsularis

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © gherman315 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Mary Keim · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © rainbowkitten · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Pete Corradino · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Gainesville, FL 32641, USA:© A.H. · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Kalutara, Western Province, LK:© Michael Montgomery · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Davie, FL 33325, USA:© Brittany Mason · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Dead River Rd, Tavares, FL, US:© whybother · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Riverbend Park, 9060 W Indiantown Rd, Jupiter, FL 33478, USA:© rexia · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Laughlin Rd, Apopka, FL, US:© nikkidave · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The peninsula cooter ( Pseudemys peninsularis ) is a species of freshwater turtle in the genus Pseudemys . It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the coastal plain cooter ( P. floridana ) when that turtle is not itself considered a subspecies of the river cooter ( P. concinna ).

base stats

NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,263iNaturalist 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 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #19 most seen of the reptiles in NL.
8,263 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Archie Carr in 1938 (88 years ago).