EndureTheSeasons
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These are hybrid water turtles. Please help me identify which breeds they are a mix of, so I can recognize them accurately. Also, I know they are not Pseudemys gorzugi. Thank you in advance for your help!
"Cooter" not "scooter". Dang spell check. lolLooks like a Rio Grande scooter to me.
Whatever they are, they're mighty purdy!!! Let's see if @Markw84 can offer any insight. . . but it would help if we could see the head, neck and underside (plastron).
Sorry, I can't take new photos because I'm not in my hometown. Currently, I only have these two photos showing the turtle's head.Whatever they are, they're mighty purdy!!! Let's see if @Markw84 can offer any insight. . . but it would help if we could see the head, neck and underside (plastron).
Don't worry about these details, I understand. Thank you very much for your reply, but as far as I know, it's not."Cooter" not "scooter". Dang spell check. lol
I had my family help me take some new photos. You can take a look.Whatever they are, they're mighty purdy!!! Let's see if @Markw84 can offer any insight. . . but it would help if we could see the head, neck and underside (plastron).
I have previously kept Rio Grande cooters, hybrids of Rio Grande cooters and nelsoni, as well as some eastern river cooters. Additionally, I have raised many turtles with similar patterns to those in the question and have researched a lot of related information and patterns.Certainly does looks mostly like a Pseudemys gorzugi - Rio Grande Cooter. No other turtle I know of has those rings of 5 stacked concentric rings on the carapace like that. My guess would be a little (perhaps 1/8th or less) Pseudemys rubriventris - Northern Red-bellied Cooter mixed in. That tends to give a bit of more separation in the patterns with the rubriventris, plus the platron seems to lean towards that mix.
Babies tend to have a much more striking pattern like you see with yours.