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Glyptemys insculpta

North American Wood Turtle

Habitat:

Riparian woodlands, moist meadows, vegetated floodplains, swamps, agricultural land, and upland hillsides, and their accompanying cool, clear-to-relatively clear streams, creeks, and rivers

Threats:

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

Wild Population:

– Decreasing
– Continuing range regression
– Dense populations localized
– Healthy populations often associated with state or federally protected lands

Conservation Efforts:

– Field surveys and population monitoring
– Habitat restoration and management
– Road mortality mitigation
– Population augmentation through head start release
– Combating wildlife trafficking
– Protected in every state and province in which it naturally occurs
– CITES Appendix II

Endangered Status:

Species Range

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