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Reptilia
Testudines
Emydidae
Florida Red-bellied Cooter
Pseudemys nelsoni
Carr, 1938
Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Florida Red-bellied Turtle
(
Pseudemys nelsoni
: Schmidt, Karl P.
1953
. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Florida Red-bellied Terrapin
(
Pseudemys nelsoni
: Schmidt, Karl P.
1953
. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1938
Carr, Archie F., Jr.
Pseudemys nelsoni
, a new turtle from Florida. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History (8):305-310
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