River cooter

River cooter
Eastern river cooter, P. concinna concinna
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Pseudemys
Species:	P. concinna
Binomial name
Pseudemys concinna (Le Conte, 1830)
Synonyms[2]
Pseudemys concinna concinna Testudo concinna LeConte, 1830 Emys annulifera Gray, 1831 Emys (Testudo) concinna — Bonaparte, 1831 Terrapene concinna — Bonaparte, 1831 Clemmys (Clemmys) concinna — Fitzinger, 1835 Emys hieroglyphica Holbrook, 1836 Emys mobilensis Holbrook, 1838 Emys labyrinthica A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1851 Emys mobiliensis [sic] LeConte, 1854 (ex errore) Pseudemys concinna — Gray, 1856 Pseudemys hieroglyphica — Gray, 1856 Ptychemys concinna — Agassiz, 1857 Ptychemys hieroglyphica — Agassiz, 1857 Ptychemys hoyi Agassiz, 1857 Ptychemys mobiliensis — Agassiz, 1857 Clemmys hieroglyphica — Strauch, 1862 Clemmys labyrinthica — Strauch, 1862 Clemmys mobilensis — Strauch, 1862 Pseudemys mobiliensis — Gray, 1863 Emys orthonyx Wied, 1865 Pseudemys labyrinthica — Gray, 1870 Trachemys annulifera Gray, 1873 Pseudemys mobilensis — Yarrow, 1883 Chrysemys concinna — Boulenger, 1889 Chrysemys hieroglyphica — Boulenger, 1889 Chrysemys mobiliensis — Boulenger, 1889 Clemmys mobiliensis — Strauch, 1890 Chrysemys labyrinthica — O.P. Hay, 1892 Pseudemys elonae Brimley, 1928 Pseudemys vioscana Brimley, 1928 Pseudemys floridana concinna — Carr, 1935 Pseudemys floridana mobiliensis — Carr, 1937 Pseudemys concinna hoyi — Stejneger, 1938 Pseudemys floridana hieroglyphica — Carr, 1938 Pseudemys concinna concinna — Stejneger & Barbour, 1939 Pseudemys concinna hieroglyphica — Stejneger & Barbour, 1939 Pseudemys concinna mobilensis — Stejneger & Barbour, 1939 Pseudemys floridana mobilensis — Pope, 1939 Pseudemys floridana hoyi — B.C. Brown, 1950 Pseudemys concinna mobiliensis — Carr, 1952 Pseudemys virginica — Pasteels, 1957 (nomen nudum) Chrysemys concinna concinna — Weaver & Rose, 1967 Chrysemys concinna hieroglyphica — Weaver & Rose, 1967 Chrysemys concinna mobilensis — Cochran & Goin, 1970 Chrysemys floridana hoyi — Cochran & Goin, 1970 Pseudemys concinna metteri Ward, 1984 Pseudemys floridana noyi [sic] Ferri, 2002 (ex errore) Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis Pseudemys floridana suwanniensis Carr, 1937 Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis — Stejneger & Barbour, 1939 Pseudemys concinna suuranniensis [sic] Rhodes, 1966 (ex errore) Chrysemys concinna suwanniensis — Weaver & Rose, 1967 Pseudemys sueanniensis [sic] Nothstine, Davis & DeRoos, 1971 (ex errore) Pseudemys suenniensis [sic] Dadd, 1974 (ex errore) Pseudemys suwanniensis — Collins, 1991

The river cooter (Pseudemys concinna) is a species of freshwater turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is native to the central and eastern United States, but has been introduced into parts of California, Washington, and British Columbia.^[3]