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The Florida red-bellied cooter is commonly exported for consumption and the pet trade, with about 50% wild caught individuals and 50% captive bred. Most of US export statistics (as collected by the World Chelonian Trust in 2002–2005) simply describe exported turtles by the genus, Pseudemys , without identifying the species.
The carapace length of the size ranges from 23 to 33 cm (9.1 to 13.0 in) typically and the normal weigh is (in the slightly larger females) 2.5 to 3.5 kg (5.5 to 7.7 lb). The record sized female measured 40 cm (16 in) in carapace length. [3][4][5] The cooter is mainly herbivorous and inhabits lakes, sloughs, ponds, slow-flowing streams, and ...
Description. This is a fairly large river turtle. Females average about 30 cm (12 in) in length and weigh on average around 3 kg (6.6 lb), although large females can measure up to 40 cm (16 in). [1] Males' maximum size is 29.5 centimetres (11.6 in). [1] The northern red-bellied turtle is the largest recorded basking turtle in the Chesapeake Bay ...
The yellow-bellied slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) is a subspecies of the pond slider (Trachemys scripta), a semiaquatic turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. It is native to the southeastern United States, specifically from Florida to southeastern Virginia, [ 4 ] and is the most common turtle species in its range. [ 5 ]
Escambia map turtle. Barbour's map turtle. Florida red-bellied cooter. Peninsula cooter. Suwannee cooter. Red-eared slider. Yellow-bellied slider. Eastern river cooter. Diamondback terrapin.
Baby sea turtles are born with odds already stacked against them. Mothers lay anywhere from 50 to 200 eggs which incubate under the sand for 60-80 days before they hatch .
Pseudemys suenniensis [sic] Dadd, 1974 (ex errore) Pseudemys suwanniensis. — Collins, 1991. The river cooter (Pseudemys concinna) is a species of freshwater turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is native to the central and eastern United States, but has been introduced into parts of California, Washington, and British Columbia.
May 16, 2024 at 2:27 AM. WESTBOROUGH — Forty years ago, the estimated population for the northern red-bellied cooter, a freshwater turtle that measures 10 to 12 inches long, was estimated to be ...