Are turtles endangered species in Indiana? If so, What kind?

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Are turtles endangered species in Indiana? If so, What kind?

Answer 1

First, turtles are not a species. There are many, many species of turtles and tortoises

Answer 2

Here are animals listed as endangered in Indiana...  T is for threatened and E for Endangered.

E  Bat, gray (  Myotis grisescens)

E Bat, Indiana ( Myotis sodalis)

E Blossom, tubercled ( Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)

E Butterfly, Karner blue ( Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

E Butterfly, Mitchell's satyr ( Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

E Catspaw, white ( Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua)

E Clubshell ( Pleurobema clava)

T Eagle, bald (lower 48 States) ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

E Fanshell ( Cyprogenia stegaria)

E Mucket, pink ( Lampsilis abrupta)

E Pearlymussel, cracking ( Hemistena lata)

E Pearlymussel, white wartyback ( Plethobasus cicatricosus)

E Pigtoe, rough ( Pleurobema plenum)

E Pimpleback, orangefoot ( Plethobasus cooperianus)

E Plover, piping (Great Lakes watershed) ( Charadrius melodus)

T Plover, piping (except Great Lakes watershed) ( Charadrius melodus)

E Pocketbook, fat ( Potamilus capax)

E Puma, eastern ( Puma concolor couguar)

E Riffleshell, northern ( Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)

E Ring pink ( Obovaria retusa)

T Snake, copperbelly water (MI, OH, IN N of 40° N. Lat.) ( Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)

E Tern, least (interior pop.) ( Sterna antillarum)

Answer 3

Actually their are quite a few species in Indiana for endagered turtles. Please look at this list.

http://www.indianaturtlecare.com/Conserv...

Thanks!

Answer 4

Which species of turtle are you curious about?