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Pseudemys floridana  (Le Conte, 1830)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173809

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Chrysemys floridana (Le Conte, 1830)
  
    Pseudemys floridana floridana (Le Conte, 1830)
  
    Chrysemys floridana floridana (Le Conte, 1830)
  
    Pseudemys concinna floridana (Le Conte, 1830)
  
    Testudo floridana Le Conte, 1830
  
  Common Name(s): Common Cooter [English]
  
    Coastal Plain Cooter [English]
  
    Florida Cooter [English]
  
    Pond Cooter [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderTestudines Batsch, 1788 – tortues, Turtles, Terrapins, Tortoises  
                            SuborderCryptodira Cope, 1869  
                               SuperfamilyTestudinoidea Batsch, 1788  
                                  FamilyEmydidae Rafinesque, 1815 – pond turtles, terrapins, Emydid Turtles  
                                     SubfamilyDeirochelyinae Agassiz, 1857  
                                        GenusPseudemys Gray, 1856 – red-bellied turtles, Cooters, cooter turtles  
                                           SpeciesPseudemys floridana (Le Conte, 1830) – Common Cooter, Coastal Plain Cooter, Florida Cooter, Pond Cooter  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Pseudemys floridana    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pseudemys floridana   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pseudemys floridana   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Seidel, M. E. and M. J. Dreslik  
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles   
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pseudemys floridana   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.]  
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8   
  Page(s): x + 472   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Pseudemys floridana, Coastal Plain Cooter [English], Florida Cooter [English], Pond Cooter [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: IUCN Red List: Least Concern (LC)(van Dijk 2011) (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (2021))  
 

 

    

 
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