---
title: "Peninsular Cooter"
description: "Pseudemys peninsularis — Rettili. The peninsula cooter (Pseudemys peninsularis), sometimes referred to as the peninsular cooter, is a species of freshwater turtle in the genus Pseudemys."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/peninsular-cooter
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Peninsular Cooter

> Pseudemys peninsularis — Rettili. The peninsula cooter (Pseudemys peninsularis), sometimes referred to as the peninsular cooter, is a species of freshwater turtle in the genus Pseudemys.

- Scientific name: *Pseudemys peninsularis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 8126
- Wikidata: [Q597442](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597442)
- iNaturalist taxon: [39825](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39825)

## Names

- en: Peninsular Cooter
- de: Peninsula-Schmuckschildkröte
- es: Falsa jicotea de Florida

## Countries with the most observations

US (6210), ES (35), KR (33), PT (9), IT (8), CA (5)

## Summary

The peninsula cooter (Pseudemys peninsularis), sometimes referred to as the peninsular cooter, is a species of freshwater turtle in the genus Pseudemys. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the coastal plain cooter (P. floridana) when that turtle is not itself considered a subspecies of the river cooter (P. concinna).

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

## Photo

![Peninsular Cooter](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/peninsular-cooter/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jade Fortnash · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13926190

## Machine access

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