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Peninsula cooter

Pseudemys peninsularis Carr, 1938

Status not recordedturtles and tortoises

The peninsula cooter (Pseudemys peninsularis) is a species in the family Emydidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults weigh about 3.07 kg and live up to 12.5 years.

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Quick facts about the peninsula cooter

Weight
3.07 kgsrc for Weight
Length
up to 33 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
12.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
Longest recorded lifespan
44 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
90 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
15src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
3 years – 6.5 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the peninsula cooter live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the peninsula cooter as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Mexicoinvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the peninsula cooter endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the peninsula cooter classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderTestudines
  5. familyEmydidae
  6. genusPseudemys
  7. SpeciesPseudemys peninsularis Carr, 1938

Synonyms Pseudemys floridana peninsularis

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Peninsular cooterEnglish
  • سلحفاة كوتر شبه الجزيرةArabic
  • Želva poloostrovníCzech
  • Sydlig Florida-pragtterrapinDanish
  • Halbinsel-SchmuckschildkröteGerman
  • Peninsula-SchmuckschildkröteGerman
  • Falsa jicotea de FloridaSpanish
  • Galápago peninsularSpanish
  • szigeti ékszerteknősHungarian
  • Cooter peninsulareItalian
  • ペニンシュラクーターJapanese
  • 반도쿠터Korean
  • 페닌슐라쿠터Korean
  • Florida SierschildpadDutch
  • 半島偽龜Chinese

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Relatives of the peninsula cooter

Other species in the same genus Pseudemys.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the peninsula cooter?

An adult peninsula cooter weighs 3.07 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the peninsula cooter live?

The peninsula cooter has a recorded lifespan of 12.5 years.

Is the peninsula cooter an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the peninsula cooter as invasive in 1 country: Mexico. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the peninsula cooter?

The peninsula cooter (Pseudemys peninsularis) belongs to the family Emydidae in the order Testudines.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Peninsula cooter (Pseudemys peninsularis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/peninsula-cooter

MLA

“Peninsula cooter (Pseudemys peninsularis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/peninsula-cooter.

BibTeX
@misc{peninsula_cooter_2026,
  title = {Peninsula cooter (Pseudemys peninsularis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/peninsula-cooter},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}