ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROFILE

PROTECTION STATUS: Not listed

PETITIONED: 2010

RANGE: Alabama, Florida, Georgia

THREATS: Habitat destruction and modification, overcollection for the pet trade and human consumption, dredging, barge traffic, plant overgrowth of nesting sites and pollution

POPULATION TREND: This species is declining.

Barbour's map turtle photo by Todd Pierson/Flickr