Great pics & looks very peaceful, not all turtles are protected yet & the soft shells are good fried.

FWC rules prohibit taking or possessing turtles from the wild that are listed on Florida's imperiled species list. These turtles are listed as imperiled:

  • Alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii)
  • Barbour's map turtles (Graptemys barbouri)
  • Suwannee cooters (Pseudemys suwanniensis)

Also prohibited is taking species that look similar to the imperiled species, which include common snapping turtles and cooters.

  • Cooters (Pseudemys sp.)
  • Escambia Map Turtle (Graptemys ernsti)
  • Snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentine)