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River cooter

Pseudemys concinna (Le Conte, 1830)

Status not recordedturtles and tortoises

The river cooter (Pseudemys concinna) is a species in the family Emydidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults weigh about 2.99 kg and live up to 40.3 years.

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Quick facts about the river cooter

Weight
2.99 kgsrc for Weight
Length
up to 33 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
40.3 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
44 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Egg incubation
83 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
12 – 20src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
3.5 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 river cooter live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the river cooter as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. Germany
  3. Portugal

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 river 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 river cooter classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderTestudines
  5. familyEmydidae
  6. genusPseudemys
  7. SpeciesPseudemys concinna (Le Conte, 1830)

Synonyms Chrysemys concinna, Chrysemys mobilensis, Emys annulifera, Emys hieroglyphica, Emys labyrinthica, Emys mobilensis, Emys orthonyx, Pseudemys concinna floridana, Pseudemys concinna hieroglyphica, Pseudemys concinna metteri, Pseudemys elonae, Pseudemys floridana concinna, Pseudemys floridana hieroglyphica, Pseudemys floridana suwanniensis, Pseudemys hieroglyphica, Pseudemys suwanniensis, Pseudemys vioscana, Ptychemys hoyi, Testudo concinna

Other names and names in other languages (25)
  • Eastern river cooterEnglish
  • Florida cooter [floridana]English
  • Suwannee cooterEnglish
  • Suwannee river cooter [suwanniensis]English
  • سلحفاة كوتر النهريةArabic
  • Tortuga JeroglíficCatalan
  • želva žíhanáCzech
  • Almindelig PragtterrapinDanish
  • Fluss-SchmuckschildkröteGerman
  • Florida-Schmuckschildkröte [floridana]German
  • Gewöhnliche SchmuckschildkröteGerman
  • Hieroglyphen-SchmuckschildkröteGerman
  • Suwannee-Schmuckschildkröte [suwanniensis]German
  • Jicoteas de RíoSpanish
  • tortuga jicoteaSpanish
  • Pseudémyde concinneFrench
  • Pseudémyde concinne (La)French
  • hieroglifás ékszerteknősHungarian
  • Cooter di FiumeItalian
  • リバークーターJapanese
  • 강쿠터Korean
  • hiëroglyfensierschildpadDutch
  • Иероглифовая черепахаRussian
  • Американская речная черепахаRussian
  • 河偽龜Chinese

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Relatives of the river 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 river cooter?

An adult river cooter weighs 2.99 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the river cooter live?

The river cooter has a recorded lifespan of 40.3 years.

Is the river cooter an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the river cooter as introduced in 3 countries: Belgium, Germany and Portugal, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the river cooter?

The river cooter (Pseudemys concinna) 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). River cooter (Pseudemys concinna). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/river-cooter

MLA

“River cooter (Pseudemys concinna).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/river-cooter.

BibTeX
@misc{river_cooter_2026,
  title = {River cooter (Pseudemys concinna)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/river-cooter},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}