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Taxonomy:
Of the two subspecies of River Cooter recognized by Iverson et al.
(2008), only P. c. concinna (Eastern
River Cooter) occurs in Tennessee (Ernst and Lovich 2009).
Distribution:
Pseudemys concinna has been documented across the breadth of
Tennessee in all of the major drainage systems, but many gaps in its
distribution still remain. Records
cited below from Middle and East Tennessee help connect an isolated population
in southeastern Kentucky and northeastern Tennessee, as depicted in the maps of
Ernst and Lovich (2009) and Conant and Collins (1998), with the main body of the
range.
Museum Records
by Counties: Benton—APSU
6122. Coffee—USNM 323038. DeKalb—TTU 357-362.
Hamblen—UMMZ
96255-96260. Hamilton—LSUMZ 75198.
Haywood—APSU 18230.
Houston—APSU 5943, 5953,
6015.
Humphreys—UMMZ 99229.
Lake—CMNH 87764, 87765,
87768-87771, 89859, 89860, 89924, 95444-95455, 95483-95487, 95510-95513, 95523,
95532-95535, 95539, 96061, 96114-96120, 96148-96151, 96159, 101384-101413; FLMNH
1179; INHS 15674; MoSU R3650; TU 20601; UIMNH 1365;
USNM 100653, 100654, 103459, 103466-103469; UTKVZC 6631, 6639.
Marion—FLMNH 36993.
Montgomery—APSU
2980, 4755.
Obion—APSU
2320, 11985, 13789, 13792; KU 88773-88776; MoSU R3654-R3656; UL 4130,
4208, 4209, 4333; UMMZ 83052; USNM 102679.
Perry—APSU 11984; TU 16050.
Polk—APSU
18914, 18960; FLMNH 45463, 115894-115899.
Sevier—USNM
86728. Shelby—APSU
7997, 12684, 12732, 13790; UMMZ 98585, 98586.
Stewart—APSU
706, 936, 18190.
White—TTU 529.
Literature
Sources by Counties: Coffee—Miller
et al. (2005).
Davidson—Holbrook (1836); Rhoads
(1895).
Fayette—Ream (2008).
Franklin—Gentry (1956).
Houston—Williamson
(2001a).
Jackson—Gentry (1941), Shoup et al. (1941).
Lake—Parker (1948),
Gentry (1956), Hutchinson et al. (1966), Collins et al. (1997).
Marion—Iverson (1978).
Obion—Rhoads (1895),
Parker (1948), Burger et al. (1949), Gentry (1956), Hutchinson et al. (1966),
Collins et al. (1997).
Roane—Johnson (1964).
Sevier—Huheey and Stupka
(1965),
Shelby— Rhoads (1895),
Gentry (1956), Hassell (1961), Justis (2006).
Questionable
and/or Erroneous Records:
The listing of a literature report for
Pseudemys concinna from Davidson County is based on the following
description of its geographic distribution by Holbrook (1838), who referred to
it by the name Emys hirogyphica : “It
is found in our western waters.
Professor Troost, of Nashville, Tennessee, furnished me with a beautiful living
specimen from the Cumberland river.”
Rhoads (1895) statement concerning the type specimen reinforces this conclusion.
It reads as follows: “The type was sent
to Dr. Holbrook from the Cumberland River, probably near Nashville.”
Conservation
Status:
None.
Posted: 23 September 2009
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