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Texas River Cooter
Pseudemys texana Baur, 1893
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Texas river cooter (Pseudemys texana) is a species of freshwater turtle endemic to the U.S. state of Texas. It is found in the river basins of the Brazos, San Bernard, Colorado, Guadalupe, San Antonio, Nueces, and their tributaries. It is one of three species of cooters (Pseudemys) occurring in Texas, including the Rio Grande cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi) and the river cooter (Pseudemys concinna).
Wikipedia contributors, Texas river cooter; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:15:34.516295+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pseudemys texana Baur, 1893
- Name authority
- Baur, 1893
- Common name
- Texas River Cooter
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Emydidae
- Genus
- Pseudemys
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderTestudines Batsch, 1788
- suborderCryptodira
- superfamilyTestudinoidea
- familyEmydidae
- genusPseudemys
- speciesPseudemys texana Baur, 1893
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pseudemys. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Redbelly TurtlePseudemys nelsoni Carr, 1938 | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peninsula CooterPseudemys peninsularis Carr, 1938 | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern Redbelly TurtlePseudemys rubriventris (Le Conte, 1830) | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Florida CooterPseudemys floridana (Le Conte, 1830) | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alabama Redbelly TurtlePseudemys alabamensis Baur, 1893 | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern River CooterPseudemys concinna (Le Conte, 1830) | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rio Grande CooterPseudemys gorzugi Ward, 1984 | EmydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Pseudemys&species=texana Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6WCBL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.