state: South Carolina
General Status: abundant
Captive Status: Legal to sell over 4", or under 4" if for "education purposes"
Wildlife Status: Unprotected
starscollided wrote:State: Connecticut
General Status: Not Native -
Captive Status: Able to be sold over 4" (Sell them at PetCo)
*Under 4 inches if you have "turtle hobbiest" title
Wildlife Status: Should not be released into the wild - CT has strict laws against this with many articles how they are pushing out native species and are destructive to the natural equilibrium
Personal Experience: Turtles and turtle supplies @ sold at Petstores over 4"
I cant see anything about a RES limit but there are laws about Other turtles - - Also because the BOG TURTLE is an endangered species and its native habitat is CT
26-55-3. Possession of salamanders and turtles
(a) No person shall possess in excess of three (3) Spotted Salamanders, (Ambystoma
maculatum), at any time.
(b) No person shall possess in excess of three (3) Marbled Salamanders, (Ambystoma
opacum), at any time.
(c) No person shall possess any Wood Turtle, (Clemmys insculpta), at any time.
(d) No person shall possess in excess of one (1) Eastern Box Turtle, (Terrapene c.
carolina), at any time.
(e) No person shall possess in excess of one (1) Eastern hognose snake, (Heterodos
platirhinos), at any time.
(f) No person shall possess in excess of one (1) Eastern ribbon snake, (Thamnophis
sauritus), at any time.
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