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I think these are Texas Cooters with a Neotropic Cormorant?
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I think these are Texas Cooters with a Neotropic Cormorant?
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"Subspecies: Pseudemys c. gorzugi iPhone lat/long: 30°26'43"" 101°43'24"" Walking up Pecos River/Independence Creek intersection, following behind three other people who stepped right over it. I then stopped it before I stepped on it. Male. 13.5cm. Also uploaded picture of habitat. Very shallow, ankle deep, fast flowing water. Rocky area, his shell was blending in as a rock."
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"Subspecies: Pseudemys c. gorzugi iPhone lat/long: 30°26'43"" 101°43'24"" Walking up Pecos River/Independence Creek intersection, following behind three other people who stepped right over it. I then stopped it before I stepped on it. Male. 13.5cm. Also uploaded picture of habitat. Very shallow, ankle deep, fast flowing water. Rocky area, his shell was blending in as a rock."
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"Subspecies: Pseudemys c. gorzugi iPhone lat/long: 30°26'43"" 101°43'24"" Walking up Pecos River/Independence Creek intersection, following behind three other people who stepped right over it. I then stopped it before I stepped on it. Male. 13.5cm. Also uploaded picture of habitat. Very shallow, ankle deep, fast flowing water. Rocky area, his shell was blending in as a rock."
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"Subspecies: Pseudemys c. gorzugi iPhone lat/long: 30°26'43"" 101°43'24"" Walking up Pecos River/Independence Creek intersection, following behind three other people who stepped right over it. I then stopped it before I stepped on it. Male. 13.5cm. Also uploaded picture of habitat. Very shallow, ankle deep, fast flowing water. Rocky area, his shell was blending in as a rock."
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Female found swimming in middle of a shallow pond heading for deeper waters. Carapace measured 11 inches.
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Female found swimming in middle of a shallow pond heading for deeper waters. Carapace measured 11 inches.
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The reddish markings on the shell were obvious through binoculars but didn't translate well through the camera zoom. However, I believe there is enough here to confirm the ID.
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Basking near Turkey Bluff
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basking on lakeside rock
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2 individuals observed on kayak day trip on the Devil's. This is the only one photographed.
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Several adults sunning on logs over water. N29.803228 W-101.56708 JPK-3004