Peninsular Cooter vs. Coastal Plain Cooter

Coastal Plain Cooters share the same south Georgia lakes and rivers; the Peninsular was a form of it until recently. A: Yellow stripes bending into hairpin loops on top of the head in the Peninsular Cooter; few head stripes, without hairpins in the Coastal Plain Cooter. Both have a plain yellow lower shell and bask in groups.

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