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Pseudemys texana BAUR, 1893

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Higher TaxaEmydidae, Deirochelyinae, Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Texas River Cooter
G: Texas-Schmuckschildkröte 
SynonymPseudemys texana BAUR 1893: 223
Pseudemys concinna texana — CONANT 1958
Chrysemys concinna texana — FRITZ & BIENERT 1981
Chrysemys floridana texana — FRITZ 1981
Pseudemys (Ptychemys) texana — WARD 1984:45
Pseudemys concinna texana — STEBBINS 1985: 103
Pseudemys concinna texana — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 211
Pseudemys texana — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 67
Pseudemys texana — CROTHER 2000
Pseudemys texana — ERNST & LOVICH 2009
Pseudemys texana — TTWG 2021 
DistributionUSA (Texas: from San Antonio Bay and Galveston on the Gulf, west in the Colorado, Brazos, Guadalupe, and San Antonio river drainages).

Type locality: San Antonio, Texas.  
ReproductionOviparous. Exhibits temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD) fide Cornejo-Páramo et al. 2020 (and references therein). 
TypesHolotype: ANSP 246, of the Philadelphia Academy, collected by Dr. Hermann in San Antonio, Texas. There is a shell of the same species in the Philadelphia Academy. No. 247. It has the Smithsonian Institution number 7173 and was collected near Old Fort Cobb, I. T. The soft parts, limbs and head are preserved in alcohol at the Smitlisonian. The two specimens mentioned by Agassiz are also at the Smithsonian (No. 80, Guadalupe mountains, Pecos river, Texas, and No. 76, New Leon, near Cadereita, Mexico) and belong to this species (from BAUR 1893). 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1248 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentDiet: herbivorous.

Habitat: freshwater (lakes, ponds, rivers) 
EtymologyThe name texana refers to the state of Texas. 
References
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  • BASSETT, L. G., S. SIRSI, AND M. R. J. FORSTNER 2020. Geographic Distribution: Pseudemys texana (Texas Cooter). USA: Texas: Lampasas Co. Herpetological Review 51: 537.
  • Baur, G. 1893. Notes on the classification and taxonomy of the Testudinata. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 31: 210-225 - get paper here
  • Bever, G.S. 2008. Comparative growth in the postnatal skull of the extant North American turtle Pseudemys texana (Testudinoidea: Emydidae). Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 89: 107–131 - get paper here
  • Bever, G.S. 2009. The Postnatal Skull of the Extant North American Turtle Pseudemys texana (Cryptodira: Emydidae), With Comments on the Study of Discrete Intraspecific Variation. Journal of Morphology 270:97–128 - get paper here
  • Bohannon, A.M.A., MacLaren, A.R., Sirsi, S. & Forstner, M.R.J. 2018. Geographic Distribution: Pseudemys texana (Texas Cooter). Herpetological Review 49 (1): 72. - get paper here
  • Bour, R. 2008. Global diversity of turtles (Chelonii; Reptilia) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595:593–598 - get paper here
  • Burroughs, Robert W., Zachary S. Morris and Adam D. Marsh. 2014. Trachemys scripta (red-eared slider), Pseudemys texana (Texas river cooter), Chelydra serpentina (snapping turtle) feeding behavior and scavenging. Herpetological Review 45 (2): 321-322 - get paper here
  • Carr, Archie Fairly 1942. The status of Pseudemys floridana texana, with notes on parallelism in Pseudemys. Proc. New England zool. Club 21: 69-76
  • 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.
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  • FRANKLIN, CARL J.; VIVIANA RICARDEZ, SAL SCIBETTA, JOSEPH FIORENZA, GRAHAM DERZON-SUPPLEE, JESSE M. MEIK & ANDRÉS BETTER. 2022. PSEUDEMYS TEXANA (Texas Cooter). EPIBIONTIC HOST. Herpetological Review 53 (2): 313.
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  • Fritz, U. & Bienert, H.-D. 1981. Übersicht über die neuweltliche Sumpfschildkrötengattung Chrysemys GRAY (Pseudemys GRAY = Synonym für Chrysemys GRAY). Herpetofauna 3 (10): 17-22 - get paper here
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