Plymouth red-bellied turtle

Plymouth red-bellied turtle
Plymouth red-bellied turtle on Long Pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Plymouth red-bellied turtle on Long Pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Pseudemys
Species: P. rubriventris
Population: Plymouth red-bellied turtle
Synonyms[4]

Pseudemys rubriventris subsp. bangsi Babcock, 1937

The Plymouth red-bellied turtle, sometimes called the Plymouth red-bellied cooter, is a disjunct population of northern red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys rubriventris) endemic to Massachusetts.

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Plymouth Redbelly Turtle (Pseudemys rubriventris bangsi)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. ^ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (1980). "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing as Endangered With Critical Habitat for the Plymouth Red-Bellied Turtle In Massachusetts". Federal Register. 45 (65): 21828–21833. 45 FR 21828
  4. ^ "Pseudemys rubriventris subsp. bangsi Babcock, 1937". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 May 2023.