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 box turtle.
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.
New york state amphibian and reptile atlas project.
This is new york s most terrestrial turtle and a popular summer pet.
Meet new york s 12 turtles two are endangered.
The ability to fold itself up due to a hinge on the plastron is what gives the box turtle its name.
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.
New york state boasts 11 species of freshwater turtles and one saltwater brackish water species.
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 species distribution maps show the known range of each species found in new york.