George Sanker / Florida cooter (Pseudemys concinna floridana) looking at Spatterdock waterlily (Nuphar advena), Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, March.

Konrad Wothe / Peninsula Cooter (Pseudemys floridana peninsularis) captive

Barry Mansell / Florida cooter (Pseudemys floridana floridana) laying eggs, North Florida, USA

Todd Pusser / Portrait of Florida cooter {Pseudemys concinna floridana), North Carolina, USA

George McCarthy / Peninsula cooters {Pseudomys floridana peninsularis} Florida Everglades USA

Steven David Miller / Peninsula cooter {Pseudomys floridana peninsularis} Everglades NP, Florida, USA

Barry Mansell / Peninsular cooter swimming {Pseudemys floridana peninsularis} USA