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Emydoidea blandingii

Blanding’s Turtle

Habitat:

• Temperate lakes, ponds, marshes, swamps, prairie potholes, and slow-moving rivers with abundant aquatic vegetation, and their associated terrestrial habitats

Threats:

• Widespread habitat destruction, alteration, and fragmentation
• Increased predator populations
• Road and railroad mortality
• Collection for the pet trade
• Climate change

Wild Population:

• Decreasing
• Populations often small and localized
• Healthy populations often associated with state or federally protected lands

Conservation Efforts:

• Field surveys and population monitoring
• Habitat protection, restoration and management
• Nest protection
• Population augmentation
• Combating wildlife trafficking