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On June 17, 2009, Florida passed new freshwater turtle regulations that will make Florida the most conservation minded state (turtle-wise) in the United States.

Basically, you cannot collect turtles from Florida for commercial purposes. Residents are able to collect one turtle per day per person, as long it is not on the imperiled list or on a second list of turtles that resemble those on the imperiled list.

Here are the species that on the Imperiled List that cannot be collected or possessed for ANY purpose:
Alligator Snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)
Barbour's Map Turtle (Graptemys barbouri)
Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)
Striped Mud Turtle (Keys Lower Keys only) (Kinosternon bauri)
Suwannee Cooter (Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis)
Of course all the sea turtles too!

Here are the species that are on the "resembles imperiled species" list, that also cannot be collected or possessed for ANY purpose:
Snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
All Cooters (Peninsula (P. peninsularis), Florida (P. floridana), Florida Red-belly (P. nelsoni))
Escambia map turtle (Graptemys ernsti)
Eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina, all subspecies)
Loggerhead Musk turtle (Sternotherus minor)
Diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin, all subspecies)
River Cooters (Pseudemys concinna, all subspecies)

Also,
it is now illegal to transport more than one native, non-protected turtle in your vehicle.

[graptemys]

Basically,
as far as the two Florida Graptemys species...

Neither Florida residents or non-residents can collect Barbour's map turtles (G. barbouri) or Escambia map turtles (G. ernsti) from the wild.

These regulations make it illegal to collect Barbour's map turtles (AL, GA, FL) and Escambia map turtles (AL, FL) throughout their range for any reason without a scientific permit from the state.

People were using Florida as a loophole to acquire these animals or to show legal ownership from Florida specimens. Now, Florida cannot be used as the state of origin.