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New york box turtle.
This is new york s most terrestrial turtle and a popular summer pet.
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.
In a few cases new locations are noted on the maps with additional reports that were gathered up to 2007.
This information is gathered from the amphibian and reptile atlas project from 1990 1999.
New york state boasts 11 species of freshwater turtles and one saltwater brackish water species.
The species distribution maps show the known range of each species found in new york.
Meet new york s 12 turtles two are endangered.
This species is known to be declining in adjacent and nearby states and presumed to be declining in new york as well.
The ability to fold itself up due to a hinge on the plastron is what gives the box turtle its name.