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Texas cooter

Pseudemys texana Baur, 1893

Status not recordedturtles and tortoises

The texas cooter (Pseudemys texana) 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 texas cooter

Weight
2.99 kgsrc for Weight
Length
up to 30.5 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
40.3 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc 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
13.3src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
3.25 years – 6.5 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the texas cooter live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

Also listed for parts of: Ecuador (Ecuador).

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 texas 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 texas cooter classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderTestudines
  5. familyEmydidae
  6. genusPseudemys
  7. SpeciesPseudemys texana Baur, 1893

Synonyms Chrysemys concinna texana, Chrysemys texana, Pseudemys concinna texana, Pseudemys floridana texana

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Texas river cooterEnglish
  • سلحفاة كوتر تكساس النهريةArabic
  • želva texaskáCzech
  • Texas-SchmuckschildkröteGerman
  • Falsa jicotea texanaSpanish
  • Pseudémyde du TexasFrench
  • texasi ékszerteknősHungarian
  • テキサスクーターJapanese
  • Tartaruga-do-TexasPortuguese

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Relatives of the texas 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 texas cooter?

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

How long does the texas cooter live?

The texas cooter has a recorded lifespan of 40.3 years.

What kind of animal is the texas cooter?

The texas cooter (Pseudemys texana) 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). Texas cooter (Pseudemys texana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/texas-cooter

MLA

“Texas cooter (Pseudemys texana).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/texas-cooter.

BibTeX
@misc{texas_cooter_2026,
  title = {Texas cooter (Pseudemys texana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/texas-cooter},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}