genus
Cooters
Pseudemys
Field notes
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.
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native cooters All
Native to the US, by observations.
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River Cooter
Pseudemys concinna
19,486 observations
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Northern Red-bellied Cooter
Pseudemys rubriventris
10,780 observations
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Florida Red-bellied Cooter
Pseudemys nelsoni
9,821 observations
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Texas Cooter
Pseudemys texana
8,313 observations
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Peninsular Cooter
Pseudemys peninsularis
8,087 observations
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Coastal Plain Cooter
Pseudemys floridana
1,607 observations
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Rio Grande Cooter
Pseudemys gorzugi
964 observations
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Alabama Red-bellied Cooter
Pseudemys alabamensis
69 observations