<p> Appendix I
Species threatened with extinction, no commercial trade, import &
export permit required - 2/3 majority vote at a CITES CoP
(953 taxa & populations)
Appendix II
Currently not at risk of extinction, may be due to similarity of
appearance, trade allowed with monitoring, export permit required -
2/3 majority vote at a CITES CoP
(33,078 taxa & populations)
Appendix III
Unilateral listing, legally acquired/non-biological finding, export
certificate only - no voting/unilateral listing by Parties
(171 taxa & populations)
2005 Wolfgang Wuster
Alligator Trading Company, Dade City, Florida
Gary Stoltz
* CITES Appendix III
U.S. exports of certain live freshwater turtles:
Selected years
Species
1990
1995
2000
2005
2008
2009
Common snapping
turtle
(Chelydra serpentina)
3,122
17,495
129,499
(2003)
320,940
497,107
655,541
Apalone spp.
3,256
38,611
36,749
(see below)
Smooth softshell
(A. mutica)
Not
available
0
3,618
3,511
839
200
Spiny softshell
(A. spinifera)
Not
available
702
4,635
36,704
70,809
46,117
Florida softshell
(A. ferox)
Not
available
1,900*
20,138
87,216
318,265
158,704
Diamondback
terrapin
(Malaclemys terrapin)
5
821
(1996)
846
2,399
3,581
3,353
Spotted turtle
(Clemmys gutatta)
Not
available
259
617
638
943
1,442
* Likely under-reported due to non-specific record keeping and confusion with Trionyx.
Species
1990
1995
2000
2005
2008
2009
Eastern box turtle
(Terrapene carolina)*
3,056
7,998
11
12
2
6
Ornate box turtle
(Terrapene ornata)*
Not available
14,889
(2004)
41
0
0
0
Chrysemys/Pseudemys
spp. (no T. s. elegans)
7,381
154,934
55,119
66,511
15,463
25,112
River cooter
(C. [=Pseudemys]
concinna)
Not available
6,110
25,458
61,271
32,251
29,557
Florida red-bellied
(C.[=Pseudemys] nelsoni)
Not available
16,648
61,007
80,668
62,658
112,819
Painted turtle
(C. picta)
Not available
3,750
23,963
16,907
6,371
14,380
Common cooter
(P. floridiana)
Not