Pseudemys concinna
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The river cooter (Pseudemys concinna) is a species of freshwater turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is native to the central and eastern United States, but has been introduced into parts of California, Washington, and British Columbia.
Pseudemys concinna is found from Virginia south to central Georgia, west to eastern Texas, Oklahoma, and north to southern Indiana. There are also isolated populations found in West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and north-central Tennessee.
Pseudemys concinna is usually found in shallow rivers with moderate to slow currents, as well as lakes, tidal marshes and riverine floodplains with heavy vegetation and abundant basking surfaces. There are two subspecies which are recognized as being valid.
Pseudemys concinna concinna (LeConte, 1830) – eastern river cooter Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis Carr, 1937 – Suwannee cooter – sometimes regarded as a separate species, P. suwanniensis Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pseudemys.
The coastal plain cooter or Florida cooter (P. floridana) was formerly considered... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congaree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Brookfield Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Sedgwick County Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Phoenix Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Parco Natura Viva | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 6 | Franklin Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Fort Worth Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Wild-Park Klaushof | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Schönbrunn Zoo | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 10 | Zoo Atlanta | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Duisburg Zoo | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 12 | bioparco | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 13 | Little Rock Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Krefelder Zoo | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 15 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 16 | North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Zoo de Córdoba | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 18 | VigoNature | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 19 | Georgia Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 20 | Zoo Koki (Parque zoológico y botánico) | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 21 | High Park Zoo | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 22 | Animal - Bird Collection | 🇬🇷 Greece | |
| 23 | Florida Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 24 | Virginia Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 25 | Wonders of Wildlife Museum & Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 26 | 동물농장 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | |
| 27 | Downtown Aquarium, Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 28 | Tennessee Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a River Cooter sighting in Houston on a given day, based on 68 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 21st most-seen of the 30 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a River Cooter in Houston on a given day, against under 5% in September to December, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most River Cooter sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 16
Of the 16 cities where we can rate River Cooter sightings, Houston ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Dallas (United States, about 20%), Lisbon (Portugal, about 10%) and Milan (Italy, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the River Cooter is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Houston (68 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
