river cooter turtle descriptive marking
The river cooter is a fairly large turtle (up to 12 inches) often observed basking on rocks and logs along the banks or in rivers.n the river cooter, a light, backward-facing C-shaped mark on the second scute on each side of the carapace can be used to distinguish it from the Florida cooter turtle. The underside of some marginals are marked by doughnut-shaped dark spots with light centers.