Peninsula Cooter

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The Peninsula Cooter (Pseudemys peninsularis), also known as the Florida River Cooter, lives in slow flowing rivers and streams from Virginia, south through Florida.

They are an above averaged sized turtle, growing up to sixteen inches in length. Their diet consists primarily of local plant life.

The picture shows a specimen with a colorful green and yellow patterned shell. Often the shell pattern is hidden by a green algae or moss cover, making identification of any species difficult.

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