Category
page 1Pseudemys

river cooter
species of freshwater turtle

Pseudemys nelsoni
species of turtle

Pseudemys
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.

Pseudemys alabamensis
Alabama red-bellied cooter

Pseudemys rubriventris
species of reptile

Pseudemys peninsularis
Peninsula cooter

Pseudemys texana
Texas river cooter

Pseudemys gorzugi
Rio Grande cooter

Pseudemys floridana
Coastal plain cooter
Suwannee cooter
subspecies of freshwater turtle