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Bog Turtle Glyptemys muhlenbergii
Common Map Turtle Graptemys geographica
Common Musk Turtle (Stinkpot) Sternotherus odoratus
Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina
Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina carolina
Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum
Eastern Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta picta
1. Without a permit, you may possess 1 each: Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta), Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata), Eastern Box Turtle
(Terrapene carolina carolina), Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta), Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata),
Eastern Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum), Northern Red-bellied Cooter (Pseudemys rubriventris), Stinkpot (Sternothorus odoratus) or
Diamond-backed Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin). All turtles must be over 4" SCL and no Wood Turtles, Spotted Turtles, or Diamond-backed
Terrapins may have been taken from the wild.
2. No permit is needed to possess any non-native turtle
3. It is unlawful to possess any Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica), Bog Turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii), Spiny Softshell (Apalone
spinifera) or any Sea Turtle.
4. A Captive Reptile & Amphibian Permit is required if you wish to breed, attempt to breed, sell, offer for sale, trade, or barter any reptile
or amphibian, including color mutations, native to Maryland regardless of where you obtained it.
5. A Captive Reptile & Amphibian Permit is required if you possess turtles less than 4 inches.
6. A permittee may possess an unlimited number of animals listed in (1) above that are captively produced or legally obtained from out of
state, with proper documentation.
7. A reptile or amphibian that has been captively produced or is not native to Maryland may not be released into the wild. Only individuals
that were taken from the wild may be released back into the wild (only at point of capture) if they have not been held in captivity with
any other reptile and have not been in captivity for more than 30 days.
8. A person may not possess more than one snapping turtle taken from the wild for noncommercial purposes.
SUMMARY OF MARYLAND TURTLE LAWS
1. It is unlawful to take any Northern Map Turtle, Bog Turtle, Spiny Softshell, Wood Turtle, Spotted Turtle, Diamond-backed Terrapin or any
Sea Turtle.
2. Breeding of turtles is allowed with a permit. A permittee may collect from the wild for breeding purposes no more than 1 individual of
each: Eastern Box Turtle, Eastern Painted Turtle, Midland Painted Turtle, Eastern Mud Turtle, Northern Red-bellied Cooter or Stinkpot
3. It is unlawful to sell a wild caught turtle in Maryland
4. A person may not take or possess a snapping turtle from the wild that has a carapace length that is less than 4 inches.
5. A person must be licensed to take or possess a snapping turtle from nontidal waters for noncommercial purposes. No license is required
for the take from tidal waters.
6. A person may not harvest or possess a snapping turtle for commercial purposes that has a carapace length that is less than 11 inches
7. A person must have a Department-issued snapping turtle harvest permit in possession while harvesting or transporting snapping turtles
8. It is unlawful to disturb, take, destroy or possess the nest or eggs of a terrapin or snapping turtle
9. It is unlawful for a person to catch snapping turtles from waters of the state by hook and line, trotline, bow and arrow, net, seine, trap,
fish pot, or other fishing rig, spear, gig or iron or any device capable of piercing any part of the turtle.
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NATIVE SPECIES
1. Commercial trade in native reptiles and amphibians requires a permit. A permittee may sell, offer for sale, trade, or barter any
unprotected species with a carapace length of at least 4 inches) if the animals are captively produced or legally obtained from out of
state. Turtles with a carapace length of less than 4 inches cannot be sold in Maryland. Commercial trade of turtles less than 4 inches
produced by captive breeding in Maryland with a permit is allowed outside of Maryland.
TAKING FROM THE WILD
Maryland
Eastern Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera spinifera
Northern Diamondback Terrapin Malaclemys terrapin terrapin
Northern Redbelly Turtle Pseudemys rubriventris
Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans
Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata
Wood Turtle Glyptemys insculpta