Pseudemys gorzugi WARD, 1984

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Higher Taxa	Emydidae, Deirochelyinae, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies
Common Names	Western River Cooter
Synonym	Pseudemys concinna gorzugi WARD 1984 Pseudemys gorzugi — ERNST 1990 Pseudemys gorzugi — LINER 1994 Pseudemys concinna gorzugi — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 67 Pseudemys gorzugi — CROTHER 2000 Pseudemys concinna gorzugi — OBST 2003: 16 Pseudemys gorzugi — ERNST & LOVICH 2009
Distribution	Mexico ((Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas), USA (isolated populations in S New Mexico and adjacent Texas) Type locality: 3 1/2 mi. W Jimenez, Río San Diego, Coahuila, México, 850 feet [elevation]. Map legend: - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map. NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
Types	Holotype: KU 39986. Paratypes: KU 15929, 39985; TTU 7347; and UU 4097–98, 4106–07, 4110, USNM.
Comment	Not listed by King & Burke 1989. Etymology: The name gorzugi is a patronym honoring Smithsonian Institution herpetologist Dr. George R. Zug. Diet: herbivorous.
References	Boundy, Jeff; Frank T. Burbrink, Jonathan A. Campbell, Brian I. Crother, Kevin de Queiroz, Darrel R. 2012. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Seventh Edition. SSAR, 101 pp. Conant,R. & Collins,J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p. Degenhardt, William G.; C. W. Painter, and A. H. Price 1996. Amphibians and reptiles of New Mexico. Univ. New Mexico Press, 431 pp. Dixon, James R. 2000. Amphibians and reptiles of Texas, second edition. Texas A&M University Press, 421 pp. Ernst, C H 1990. Pseudemys gorzugi Ward. Rio Grande cooter. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles No. 461: 1-2 - get paper here Ernst, Carl H.; Lovich, Jeffrey E. 2009. Turtles of the United States and Canada, 2nd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 827 pp. McCord, W.P., Joseph-Ouni, M. & Uhrig, D. 2005. Chelonian Illustrations # 23 - Red-bellied and River Cooters of North America. Reptilia (GB) (43): 79- - get paper here Obst, F.J. 2003. Sumpfschildkröten. Draco 4 (13): 4-18 - get paper here Reynolds, Robert P.; Steve W. Gotte, and Carl H. Ernst 2007. Catalog of Type Specimens of Recent Crocodilia and Testudines in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 626: 1-49 Rhodin, A.G.J.; van Dijk, P.P.; Iverson, J.B. & Shaffer, H.B. [turtle taxonomy working group] 2010. Turtles of the World, 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs (ISSN 1088-7105) No. 5, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v3.2010 Seidel M E; Ernst C H 1996. Pseudemys. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 625: 1-7 - get paper here Seidel, M. E. 1994. Morphometric analysis and taxonomy of cooter and red-bellied turtles in the North American genus Pseudemys (Emydidae) Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 1 (2): 117-130 Stephens, P.R. & Wiens, J.J. 2003. Ecological diversification and phylogeny of emydid turtles. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 79: 577-610 - get paper here Ward, J.P. 1984. Relationships of the Chrysemyd turtles of North America (Testudines: Emydidae). Special Publications of the Museum of the Texas Technological University 21: 1-50
External links	IUCN Red List - Pseudemys gorzugi - Near Threatened, NT http://www.chelonia.org/pseudemysgallery.htm Google images

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