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Alligator Snapping Turtle Macroclemys temminckii
Bog Turtle Glyptemys muhlenbergii
Common Musk Turtle (Stinkpot) Sternotherus odoratus
Common Map Turtle Graptemys geographica
Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina
Cumberland Slider Trachemys scripta troosti
Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina carolina
Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum
Eastern Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta picta
Eastern River Cooter Pseudemys concinna concinna
NATIVE SPECIES
1. A Commercial Fishing License is required to sell or offer to sell turtles.
2. A commercial fisher with a valid commercial fishing license and a valid commercial turtle permit must be present to commercially harvest
turtles from the waters of the state . Commercial fishers can obtain a free commercial turtle permit from TWRA by written request. For
the 2012-2013 license year and each license year thereafter, the maximum number of Resident Commercial Turtle Permits shall be thirty
five (35) and the maximum number of Nonresident Commercial Turtle Permits shall be five (5).
3. Commercial fishers importing or exporting commercial turtles (or parts thereof) into or out of Tennessee must have bills of laden denoting
the quantity of product, name and address of supplier, name of water body from which product was harvested, and date of import/export.
4. Only the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina serpentine, with a carapace (upper shell) length of at least (12) twelve inches,
measured front to back, may be taken year-round and statewide without limit by any legal commercial fishing method.
5. Only at Reelfoot Wildlife Management Area, all sizes and species of unprotected turtles except the box turtle, may be taken by any legal
commercial fishing method
TAKING FROM THE WILD
SUMMARY OF TENNESSEE TURTLE LAWS
COMMERCIAL
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Tennessee
1. A sport fishing license is required and only the common snapping turtle may be taken. Turtles taken by sport fishing methods may not be
sold. Shooting with any type of firearm or air gun is prohibited.
2. Common snapping turtles may be taken by traps and all legal sport fishing methods except archery, spearguns and dipping. Daily limit is 5
with a minimum legal length of 12 inches
3. Alligator snappers are illegal to take
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Eastern Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera spinifera
Hieroglyphic River Cooter Pseudemys concinna hieroglyphica
Midland Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta marginata
Midland Smooth Softshell Apalone mutica mutica
Mississippi Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii
Ouachita Map Turtle Graptemys ouachitensis ouachitensis
Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans
Southern Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta dorsalis
Stripeneck Musk Turtle Sternotherus minor peltifer
Three-toed Box Turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis
1. The possession of any state or federally threatened or endangered species is permitted only when such species have been legally obtained
in the state or country or origin. Only the Bog Turtle is on the state endangered list.
2. No person shall possess Class I (dangerous wildlife) or Class II (native species) wildlife without having documentary evidence showing the
name and address of the supplier of such wildlife and date of acquisition.
3. All individuals possessing wildlife must be able to produce proof of legal ownership. Legal documentation may consist of evidence of legal
importation (importation permit), purchase receipts from licensed propagation facility, or possession and/or evidence of disposition of
parent animals.
4. Non-native non-poisonous reptiles, except caimans and gavials, are considered Class III wildlife and as such require no permits.
5. It is illegal to sell or offer to sell turtles without a commercial fishing license.