Coastal Plain Cooter (Pseudemys concinna floridana)

Created: December 2nd, 2014 - 08:52 PM
Last Modified: December 2nd, 2014 - 08:53 PM Entered by: James Jeffery
Record 208496

Country: United States		State: Florida	County: Escambia County	Time: 2014-12-02 14:50:00
Qty: 2	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: pond, coastal dune
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 73.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Few clouds		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

apologies for poor quality photo. I didn't get a good look at these turtles, but the head pattern looks like Pseudemys to me and the habitat/range would be P. floridana I think.

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Comments

Posted by Matt Ratcliffe on Mar 09, 2015 at 09:38 AM

Possibly. The taxonomy for River Cooters is confusing, but I think both P. c. floridana and P. c. concinna can be found in the Panhandle. I know that P. c. concinna only ranges from the Apalachicola River and west. I think a visual of the shell would be needed to get the proper ID here.