Pseudemys alabamensis

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	EMYDIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

Baur, 1893

Common Name/s:

English

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Alabama Red-bellied Cooter, Alabama Red-bellied Turtle

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Published:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1994	–	Rare (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Rare (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Rare (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Indeterminate (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Range Description:	Formerly throughout the lower part of the Mobile River system below David Lake, Baldwin and Mobile counties, Alabama; as far north as the Little River State Park in southern Monroe County, and perhaps east into the Florida Panhandle as far as Apalachee Bay. Current distribution: Mobile Bay and tributary streams.
Countries:	Native: United States (Alabama)
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Habitat and Ecology:	Most abundant in quiet backwaters of upper Mobile Bay in areas with dense submerged vegetation, in water generally 1 to 2 m deep; also in river channels; occurs only as a straggler in brackish water and salt marsh areas of lower Mobile Bay. Basks on dense beds of aquatic vegetation.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Citation:	Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Pseudemys alabamensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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