Peninsula cooter

Peninsula cooter
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Deirochelyinae
Genus:	Pseudemys
Species:	P. peninsularis
Binomial name
Pseudemys peninsularis (Carr, 1938)
Synonyms
Pseudemys floridana peninsularis Carr, 1938 Pseudemys floridana penunsularis Allen, 1939 (ex errore) Chrysemys floridana peninsularis Weaver & Rose, 1967 Pseudemys peninsularis Seidel, 1994

The peninsula cooter (Pseudemys peninsularis) is a species of freshwater turtle in the genus Pseudemys. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the coastal plain cooter (P. floridana) when that turtle is not itself considered a subspecies of the river cooter (P. concinna).

The Species is native to the South West portion of the United States. It can be found in rivers, ponds, and lakes.

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