The coastal plain cooter (Pseudemys floridana) or Florida cooter is a species of large herbivorous freshwater turtle in the genus Pseudemys.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Coastal Plain Cooter being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pseudemys concinna
- Pseudemys alabamensis
- Pseudemys peninsularis
- Pseudemys nelsoni
- Pseudemys rubriventris
- Deirochelys reticularia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Emydidae
- Genus
- Pseudemys
- Species
- Pseudemys floridana
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