What is "river cooter"

n. large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico [syn: cooter, Pseudemys concinna]

The river cooter (Pseudemys concinna) is a freshwater turtle native to the central and eastern United States, from Virginia south to mid- Georgia, west to eastern Texas, Oklahoma, and north to southern Indiana. They are usually found in rivers with moderate current, as well as lakes and tidal marshes.