River Cooter ²

The River Cooter is an uncommon turtle species at the Arboretum, most likely to be seen in Buffalo Bayou. Similar in appearance to Red-eared Sliders, River Cooters lack the red ear patches, have low, smooth shells, and a distinctive yellow chin stripe that looks like a "Y."

Sources and Credits

1. (c) bathyporeia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/81858878@N00/8985174682/
2. Adapted by hancnaturalist from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudemys_concinna

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