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title: "Coastal Plain Cooter"
description: "Pseudemys floridana — Reptiles. The coastal plain cooter (Pseudemys floridana) or Florida cooter is a species of large herbivorous freshwater turtle in the genus Pseudemys."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/coastal-plain-cooter
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Coastal Plain Cooter

> Pseudemys floridana — Reptiles. The coastal plain cooter (Pseudemys floridana) or Florida cooter is a species of large herbivorous freshwater turtle in the genus Pseudemys.

- Scientific name: *Pseudemys floridana*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos y ríos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1615
- iNaturalist taxon: [1367318](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1367318)

## Names

- en: Coastal Plain Cooter
- de: Florida-Schmuckschildkröte
- fr: Pseudémyde de Floride

## Countries with the most observations

US (1202)

## Summary

The coastal plain cooter (Pseudemys floridana) or Florida cooter is a species of large herbivorous freshwater turtle in the genus Pseudemys.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_plain_cooter

## Photo

![Coastal Plain Cooter](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/coastal-plain-cooter/medium.jpg)

Photo: Odile V · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253785854

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/coastal-plain-cooter?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).