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Peninsula Cooter
Pseudemys peninsularis Carr, 1938
sue-DEM-ees — pen-in-sue-LEHR-is

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
 There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.10.09.45.15)
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Province/State Distribution:

First instance(s) of published English names:
Peninsular Turtle (Pseudemys floridana peninsularis: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Florida Peninsula Terrapin (Pseudemys floridana peninsularis: 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

Selected References:
1938 Carr, Archie F., Jr. A new subspecies of Pseudemys floridana, with notes on the floridana complex. Copeia 1938(3):105-109
1980 Vogt, Richard C. and Clarence J. McCoy, Jr. Status of the emydine turtle genera Chrysemys and Pseudemys. Annals of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 49(5):93-102
1996 Seidel, Michael E. and Carl H. Ernst. Pseudemys. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (625):1-7
1997 Siedel, Michael E. and Uwe fritz. Courtship behavior provides additional evidence for a monophyletic Pseudemys, and comments on Mesoamerican Trachemys (Testudines: Emydidae). Herpetological Review 28(2):70-72
1998 Seidel, Michael E. and Powell, Robert Pseudemys peninsularis Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (669):1-4

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