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Rio Grande Cooter
Pseudemys gorzugi
The Rio Grande cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is native to northeastern Mexico and the adjacent southwestern United States.
From the article Rio Grande cooter on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The Rio Grande cooter is found in the Rio Grande drainage of Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas), New Mexico, and Texas. In the Texas portion of the Pecos River, an approximately 390 kilometer distributional gap exists from Loving and Reeves counties into Crockett County, possibly due to unsuitable conductivity levels. A record from near the San Saba River in Menard County, Texas has been confirmed as erroneous.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
What it does
Female P. gorzugi lay one to two clutches per year, with clutches ranging from 5–17 eggs.
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
In human culture
The specific name, gorzugi, is in honor of George R. Zug, the Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles at the National Museum of Natural History.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Pseudemys gorzugi in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39823.