Rio Grande cooter

Rio Grande cooter
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Emydidae
Genus:Pseudemys
Species: P. gorzugi
Binomial name
Pseudemys gorzugi
Ward, 1984[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Pseudemys concinna gorzugi
    Ward, 1984
  • Pseudemys gorzugi
    — Ernst, 1990

The Rio Grande cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi ) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae.

Distribution

The Rio Grande cooter is found in the Rio Grande drainage of Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas), New Mexico, and Texas.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, gorzugi, is in honor of George R. Zug, Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rhodin 2011, p. 000.181
  2. 1 2 Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 195. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Beltz, Ellin. 2006. Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America — Explained. ebeltz.net/herps/biogappx.html#B.
  4. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudemys gorzugi, pp. 104, 294).

Further reading

  • Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (31 December 2011). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2012.
  • Ward JP. 1984. Relationships of the chrysemyd turtles of North America (Testudines: Emydidae). Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech. Univ. 21: 1-50. (Pseudemys concinna gorzugi, new subspecies, p. 29, figure 6).


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