Peninsula cooter
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The Peninsula cooter is a species of freshwater turtle in the genus
Pseudemys
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The species is found in the Florida peninsula.
Genus
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Pseudemys
Pseudemys
Pseudemys is a genus of large, herbivorous, freshwater turtles of the eastern United States. They are often referred to as cooters, which stems from kuta, the word for turtle in the Bambara and Malinké languages, brought to America by African slaves....
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The species is found in the Florida peninsula.