FWS Lists Pearl River Map Turtle as Threatened
The Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis), a freshwater turtle species from the Pearl River drainage in Mississippi and Louisiana, as a threatened species with 4(d) protective regulations under the Endangered Species Act…
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of 1973. The agency also listed the Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra), Barbour’s map turtle (Graptemys barbouri), Escambia map turtle (Graptemys ernsti) and Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) as threatened species with 4(d) protective regulations under the Act because of their similar appearance to the Pearl River map turtle. These regulations prohibit importation and exportation without a permit. The restrictions will take effect Aug. 12.