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Psuedemys texana
Medium sized about a foot long. Crawled high up concrete ditch to bask away from other similar turtles.
Little cypress creek near drainage bayou by sewage treatment plant.
Spotted on May 11, 2011
Submitted on Jun 3, 2011
3 Comments
big turtle
Yay! That's exciting, thank you!
It's definitely a cooter, genus Pseudemys. I believe you have the Texas River Cooter, Psuedemys texana there.