This is new york s most terrestrial turtle and a popular summer pet.
New york box turtle.
Two other species listed as game in new york are the box turtle and the wood turtle but there is no open season for them.
New york state amphibian and reptile atlas project.
The ability to fold itself up due to a hinge on the plastron is what gives the box turtle its name.
The species distribution maps show the known range of each species found in new york.
This information is gathered from the amphibian and reptile atlas project from 1990 1999.
This species is known to be declining in adjacent and nearby states and presumed to be declining in new york as well.
Search dec home animals plants aquatic life amphibians reptiles herp atlas project species of turtles found in new york eastern box turtle distribution map.
The 1975 regulation did limit the sale of red eared sliders in pet stores but in the underground pet shops of new york city s chinatown young turtles continue to drive an illegal market for.
Long term data is not available for new york but wood turtle populations are thought to be declining throughout their range likely over 50 within the last 100 years van dijk and harding 2011.