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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classTestudines
  4. ›familyEmydidae
  5. ›genusPseudemys
Pseudemys texana
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Texas Cooter

Pseudemys texana Baur, 1893

Also calledFalsa jicotea texana (spa) · Pseudémyde du Texas (fra) · Tartaruga-do-Texas (por) · Texas-Schmuckschildkröte (deu) · texasi ékszerteknős (hun) · želva texaská (ces) · سلحفاة كوتر تكساس النهرية (ara) · テキサスクーター (jpn)

First described in: Baur, G. Notes on the classification and taxonomy of the Testudinata.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

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Holotype: ANSP 246 (Malnate 1971: 354); paratypes (3), USNM 76, 80, and 7173 (part [shell] formerly ANSP 247) (Cochran 1961: 234). USNM 7173 is also the holotype of Pseudemys concinna metteri; and USNM 76 and 80 are also paratypes of Pseudemys gorzugi (Reynolds et al. 2007: 19).

A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2442816.