Page is being updated currently, sorry for the delay. 3/21/06
Range
Habitat
Legal Status:
Alabama, - Not protected or regulated (7/2004)
Arkansas - 6 per household with a fishing license (7/2004)
Illinois - 8 per day with a possession limit of 16 with a fishing license. No commercialization. (7/2004)
Indiana - 4 per day with a hunting or fishing license when over 17 years old and a resident. No commercialization.(7/2004)
Iowa - Protected inland, may be taken with a fishing license in the Mississippi River and its backwaters (7/2004)
Kansas - Limited to 5 without a Game Breeders permit (7/2004)
Kentucky - No written herp laws.... unbelievable, what year is this? (7/2004)
Louisiana - Must have fishing license, no limit (7/2004)
Minnesota - Non-harvestable (7/2004)
Mississippi - Hunting license required (7/2004)
Missouri - 5 native animals may be taken or possessed alive by a resident with no permit, non-resident cannot. No commercialization. (7/2004)
Ohio - Residents and non-residents cannot collect this species (although it is not a listed species and may not be native) (7/2004)
Oklahoma - Fishing license needed to collect 6 per day (7/2004)
Tennessee - Cannot collect native herps. (7/2004)
Texas - Special Hunting License (Type 102, 107 or 157) needed to collect plus, a non-game permit to sell to another non-game permittee or to possess more than 25.... or Special Hunting License and a Dealer Nongame permit (Type 549 or 551) to sell to everyone else. (7/2004)
West Virginia - Protected, may not be native. (7/2004)
Wisconsin - Must have a fishing license or small game license, open season from July 15-November 30 only, bag limit is 5 (7/2004)
Other Information
Previous Taxonomy: Graptemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis Cagle, 1953, Malaclemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis (Cagle, 1953)