#1518 · 🦎 reptiles
Northern Red-bellied Cooter
🇳🇱 Roodbuikschildpad ·Pseudemys rubriventris
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Rhonda Ridley · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © Albert Burchsted · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Brooke Smith · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © David · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. © Doug D. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Gracie Catanzaro · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Brooke Smith · CC BY 4.0
- 8. © National Aquarium · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Janet Gingold · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Jenny Glenn · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The northern red-bellied turtle ( Pseudemys rubriventris ) or American red-bellied turtle is a species of turtle in the Pseudemys (cooter) genus of the Emydidae family.
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
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 11,086 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by John Eatton Le Conte in 1830 (196 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Northern Red-bellied Cooter
- Nederlands
- Roodbuikschildpad
- scientific name
- Pseudemys rubriventris
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Testudines
- family
- Emydidae
- IUCN Red List
- NT · near threatened
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 15
- sightings worldwide
- 11,086
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1830 by John Eatton Le Conte
IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. 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
#1482 📷 10Florida Red-bellied Cooter
🇳🇱 Florida roodbuikschildpad
Pseudemys nelsoni
LC 👀 3 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
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 39826, Wikidata Q1619703, GBIF 2442833, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.