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Red Bellied Cooter

Pseudemys nelsoni

Photo by pennymomof2
Published on Project Noah
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28.0781, -82.7637

Field Notes

Description:

Red bellied cooters are all over Florida. They stay in groups and bask in the sun together.

Habitat:

Lake Tarpon

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)

I like the back legs..maybe it just got out of water...great shot!
You are rigth MitchRay. I had the species wrong.
It looks to be doing Yoga stretches!
That's not a slider. It appears to be a cooter of some kind, in the genus Pseudemys
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PublishedMay 15, 2011

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