River cooter (Pseudemys concinna) juvenile at the Talladega National Forest in Alabama, U.S.

Alan Cressler

River Cooter Turtle (Pseudemys concinna)

Taken at Turkey Creek Sanctuary in Palm Bay, FL

River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna), female, family Emydidae, White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas, USA

photograph by Kala Murphy King

River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna) at Sedgwick County Zoo #rivercooter #turtles #turtlesofinstagram #reptile #reptiles #reptilephotography #zoos #zoosmatter #sedgwickcountyzoo #zoophotography #zoophoto @zoos_aquariums https://www.instagram.com/p/CosEv8BOjN5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Part two:

Giant vinegaroon (Mastigoproctus giganteus)

River cooters (Pseudemys concinna)

Common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina)

African spurred-thigh tortoises (Centrochelys sulcata)

Tripoli geckos (Tropiocolotes tripolitanus)

Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus)

Great Plains skink (Plestiodon obsoletus)

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Eastern river cooter (Pseudemys concinna) for Turtle Tuesday!

SciArt from North American Herpetology, Vol. 1 (1842). View more in Biodiversity Heritage Library (@biodivlibrary) with thanks to the Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology for digitizing. 🐢

"Cooter" - 🔵@maestro320 s Notes: This beautiful video was filmed using GoPro HERO6 @gopro on location at one of Florida's Fresh Water Springs courtesy of My Long-time Friend, Combat Veteran and Two Time Purple Heart Recipient, Loving Dad and Buddy to Sarge The Yorkie, Underwater Photographer and Videographer, Orvil Clark @ogc77 🎹🎵 You Are Good by Intensifire 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. The species P. concinna is highly omnivorous and will eat anything, plant or animal, dead or alive. Diet seems to be determined by available food items. While some writers feel that this species of turtle will not eat meat, predatory behavior has been observed. Although it can't swallow out of water, it will leave the water to retrieve a tasty bug or worm, returning to the water to swallow. It will also enthusiastically chase, kill and eat small fish. It has also been observed eating carrion found along the river's edge. The river cooter has tooth-like cusps in the upper jaw, probably an adaptation to aid in eating leaves and fibrous vegetation. Its primary diet includes a wide variety of aquatic plants, and some terrestrial plants that grow near the water's edge. It will happily take fallen fruits as well. In captivity, any kind of plant will be eaten, and some "meats", too. Turtles will also take calcium in a separate form, such as a cuttlebone, so that the turtle can self-regulate calcium intake. The river cooter is faced with loss of habitat, predation by animals, slaughter on the highways, and use as a food source by some people. Hatchlings are particularly vulnerable. During their overland scramble to the river, many hatchlings will be taken by avian and mammal predators. Alligators and muskrats await them in the water. Some will be taken and sold to pet stores. Populations are down in some areas, and there have been increasing reports of injured turtles, but this species as a whole is hardy, and continues to thrive. P. concinna can live 40 years or more. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAfaaOSgZ29/?igshid=180b1pvtdkox1

Pseudemys Concinna, conoce a la TORTUGA JEROGLÍFICA

La tortuga jeroglífico (Pseudemys concinna) es una especie procedente de Estados Unidos, concretamente de la zona del norte del Mississippi (este río es hogar de varias especies de tortugas) y el sur de Indiana. Es una variedad de tortuga semiacuática a la que le gustan los ríos y la vegetación en general.

Mucho de su tiempo lo pasa en el agua, pero no es raro verlas en su hábitat natural tomando…

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Suwannee Cooter (Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis) #herping #florida #nature #wildlife #fieldherping #wildlifephotography #herpetology #herpsofig #nature #biology #canon #turtle #citsci #herpmapper

River Cooter Turtle (Pseudemys concinna)

Taken at FIT Botanical Gardens in Melbourne, FL

Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach (No. 8)

The river cooter (Pseudemys concinna) is a freshwater turtle native to the central and eastern United States, from Virginia south to mid-Georgia, west to eastern Texas, Oklahoma, and north to southern Indiana. They are usually found in rivers with moderate current, as well as lakes and tidal marshes.

The genus Pseudemys includes several species of cooters and red-bellied turtles. Pseudemys concinna is the species known as the River cooter. The name "cooter" may have come from an African word "kuta" which means "turtle" in the Bambara and Malinké languages, brought to America by African slaves.

Source: Wikipedia

Suwannee cooter

Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis (Emydidae) is a species of medium-sized to large (430 mm shell length) freshwater basking turtle, endemic to the west coast of peninsular Florida, eastward of the Ochlockonee River (US).

The Suwannee cooter inhabits in rivers and large streams, including alluvial, blackwater, and spring-run streams, often with dense aquatic vegetation upon which species feeds. Occasionally enters estuaries at river mouths.

References: [1] - [2]

Photo credit: ©Jake M. Scott

Locality: Gilchrist County, Florida, US

River Cooter Turtle (Pseudemys concinna)

Taken at FIT Botanical Gardens in Melbourne, FL

River Cooter Turtles (Pseudemys concinna)

Taken at Turkey Creek Sanctuary in Palm Bay, FL

River Cooter Turtle (Pseudemys concinna)

Taken at Turkey Creek Sanctuary in Palm Bay, FL