Florida Red-bellied Cooter
Pseudemys nelsoni
Carr, 1938
SOO-deh-meez — NEL-son-eye
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(, Observation)
(, Literature Record),
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Taxonomic Etymology:
Named for a Harvard zoologist and taxidermist.
Pseudemys — From Greek pseudes (ψευδής, “false”) and emydos (from Emys, the Old-World pond turtle). The coiners meant “false Emys,” signaling that, though these turtles resemble Emys, they are not members of that genus.
nelsoni — A patronym honoring George T. Nelson (1872–1927), an American zoologist and preparator. Although he did not publish widely, he played a significant role in fieldwork and specimen collection in the southeastern U.S. including the turtle that served as the holotype for the species description.