River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)

Common in NC.

River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna) River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
Haw River, Chatham Co., NC
7 June 2008

Youngster. Note pattern of yellow stripes on neck and pattern of swirls and partial swirls on shell.

River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna) River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
Haw River, Chatham Co., NC
7 June 2008
River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna) River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
Haw River, Chatham Co., NC
7 June 2008
River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna) River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
Wake Co., NC
23 May 2009

This large female is building a nest in the mud pretty several hundred meters from water.

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