Texas River Cooter
Pseudemys texana
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- P. texana – Victoria Co, TX – photo by John Williams
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- P. texana Habitat – Victoria Co, TX – photo by John Williams
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Pseudemys texana occurs throughout south-central Texas in the Brazos, Colorado, Guadalupe and San Antonio River drainages.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pseudemys texana (Baur – 1893)
Genus: Pseudemys, Greek – pseudes = false, deceptive + emys = a freshwater tortoise – ref. this not being Emys
Species: texana, belonging to the state of Texas
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962