Florida cooter
Pseudemys floridana

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Head and Neck:
Upper jaw does not possess a medial notch or cusps; skin is dark brown to black and the head and neck bear numerous longitudinal yellow stripes; the medial chin stripe extending posteriorly and eventually dividing to form a Y-shaped marking.
Body
Carapace:
Moderately domed carapace; typically dark with light yellow to orange parallel lines on the costal scutes, the most conspicuous one being a bar forked at either or both ends; male 28 cm and female 40 cm in SCL
Plastron:
Unhinged plastron, typically yellow and without pattern; older males may develop a reddish orange plastron with slight melanism; dark spots on the underside of the marginals.

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