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Pseudemys rubriventris
northern red-bellied cooter
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Pseudemys rubriventris (Le Conte, 1830)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		northern red-bellied cooter
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Testudines, Suborder Cryptodira, Family Emydidae, Genus Pseudemys, Species Pseudemys rubriventris


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		MD: S5; VA: S4; WV: S3
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Antietam National Battlefield	Assateague Island National Seashore
Blue Ridge Parkway	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Colonial National Historical Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	First State National Historical Park
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Manassas National Battlefield Park	National Mall and Memorial Parks
Petersburg National Battlefield	Piscataway Park
Prince William Forest Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts


Last Modified Date:	8/25/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/8/2025 6:20:36 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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