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Reptilia
Testudines
Emydidae
Texas Cooter
Pseudemys texana
Baur, 1893
Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Texas Turtle
(
Pseudemys texana
: Hurter, Julius.
1911
. Herpetology of Missouri. Transactions of the Academy of Science St. Louis 20(5):59-274);
Texas Terrapin
(
Pseudemys texana
: Strecker, John K.
1922
. An annotated catalogue of the amphibians and reptiles of Bexar County, Texas. Bulletin Scientific Society of San Antonio (4):1-31);
Texan Terrapin
(
Pseudemys floridana texana
: Schmidt, Karl P.
1953
. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Texas Turtle
(
Pseudemys floridana texana
: 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:
1893
Baur, G. Notes on the classification and taxonomy of the Testudinidae. IV. The species of the genus
Pseudemys
. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 31():221-225
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