TAKING FROM THE WILD
Maine
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NATIVE SPECIES
SUMMARY OF MAINE TURTLE LAWS
POSSESSION
1. Turtles taken from the wild may not be sold
2. Once importation and protected species requirements have been met, there doesn’t appear to be any additional restrictions for captive
bred or exotic species as to sale, export etc.
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1. Aside from prohibiting the commercial take of reptiles (including snapping turtles), personal use/take is allowed and legal in Maine
(exception being any species listed Endangered/Threatened). Since non-protected turtles are not game, or sport fish, there are no
additional specific laws or rules as to harvest regulations, gear, season, etc.
2. No license is required to take non-protected turtles. However, Maine Law states that a person may not take and possess snakes or turtles
from the wild for export, sale, or commercial purposes.
Blanding’s Turtle Emydoidea blandingii
Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus
Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina
Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina carolina
Eastern Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta picta
Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata
Wood Turtle Glyptemys insculpta
1. Maine Law states that a person may not take and possess turtles from the wild for export, sale, or commercial purposes.
2. Blanding's Turtle Emydoidea blandingii , Box Turtles Terrapene carolina, Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata and Wood Turtles Glyptemys
insculpta are protected
3. As of 2017, Red Ear Sliders may not be possessed, with or without a permit.
4. Unrestricted turtles and tortoises can be possessed, imported, sold etc. without a permit. Unrestricted species are: Amboina Box Turtle
Cuora amboinensis, Mississippi Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis, Striped Mud Turtle Kinosternon baurii, White Lipped Mud
Turtle Kinosternon leucostomum, Greek Tortoise Testudo graeca, Herman's Tortoise Testudo hermanni, Red-Foot Tortoise Chelonoidis
carbonaria, Russian Tortoise Testudo horsfieldii and the Yellow-foot Tortoise Chelonoides denticulate. All must be min. 4 dia. and captive
bred.
5. A Wildlife Importation Permit is required before any species not listed as "unrestricted" is transported or brought into the State of Maine.