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