伪龟属（Pseudemys）是泽龟科下的一个属，其成员是主要生活在美国东部的大型食草类淡水龟。在美国亦常被称为cooters，这个词来自于非洲奴隶带来的的班巴拉语和曼丁卡语。

伪龟属下有7种：

Pseudemys is a genus of large, herbivorous, freshwater turtles of the eastern United States and adjacent northeast Mexico. They are often referred to as cooters, which stems from kuta, the word for turtle in the Bambara and Malinké languages, brought to America by African slaves.