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Coastal Plain Cooter

Pseudemys floridana

Photo by Jakobias
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30.1861, -85.2036

Field Notes

Description:

I found her laying eggs in the driveway. I placed a tomato plant wire cylinder around the nest and tied on bright ribbons to let people know to avoid it. I observed the nest for roughly 70 days. No hatchlings emerged.

Habitat:

Forest with bodies of water semi-near.

Reference Links:

Coastal plain cooter

Species ID Suggestions

Coastal plain cooter

Pseudemys floridana

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Jakobias
2

Florida redbelly cooter

Pseudemys nelsoni

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Jeff Dreier
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Comments (3)
Jakobias
Thank you for your suggestion, Jeff. The nearest body of water is roughly 0.6 miles away. I have received another recommendation that she is a Pseudemys floridana (Coastal plain cooter), which seems to be a bit more on target because of the coloration of what I saw of her plastron. Thanks again, and happy spotting!
Jeff Dreier
This is a great sighting. I have been around western pond turtles a long time and have only seen one nest! How far was the nest from aquatic habitat?
Jeff Dreier
This is just a suggested ID. The carapace texture looks very similar to that seen in a photo on the reference site; however, this reference suggests that this species may not occur on the Florida panhandle.

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Florida's Flora & Fauna
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Turtles of the Southeast U.S.
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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Herpetofauna of Florida

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PublishedAugust 7, 2013

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