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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ECOS
  1. ECOS
  2. Species Profile for Plymouth redbelly Turtle (Pseudemys rubriventris bangsi)

Plymouth redbelly Turtle (Pseudemys rubriventris bangsi)

Federal Register | Recovery | Critical Habitat | Conservation Plans | Petitions | Life History

Taxonomy:

View taxonomy in ITIS

Listing Status:   

Where Listed: WHEREVER FOUND

General Information

10-15 3/4" (25.4-40 cm). Carapace brown to black with flattened or slightly concave vertebral scutes; red bar on each marginal scute. Prominent notch at tip of upper jaw flanked by toothlike cusps; arrow-shaped stripe runs atop head, between eyes, to snout. Plastron reddish; dark markings along scute seams fade with age. Male has elongated, straight claws on front feet.

  • States/US Territories in which the Plymouth redbelly Turtle, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur:  Massachusetts
  • US Counties in which the Plymouth redbelly Turtle, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur:  View All
  • USFWS Refuges in which the Plymouth redbelly Turtle, Wherever found is known to occur:  Massasoit National Wildlife Refuge
 
Current Listing Status Summary
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
1980-04-02 Northeast Region (Region 5) Wherever found

» Federal Register Documents

Federal Register Documents
Date Citation Page Title
2006-04-21 00:00:00.0 71 FR 20717 20718 Initiation of a 5-Year Review of Nine Listed Species: the Purple Bean (Villosa perpurpurea), Clubshell (Pleurobema clava), Northern Red-bellied Cooter (Pseudemys rubriventris bangsi), Roanoke Logperch (Percina rex), Swamp Pink (Helonias bullata), Northern Riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), Flat-spired Three-toothed Land Snail (Triodopsis platysayoides), Puritan Tiger Beetle (Cicindela puritana), and Dwarf Wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon)
1980-04-02 00:00:00.0 45 FR 21828 21833 ETWP; Listing as Endangered With Critical Habitat for the Plymouth Red- Bellied Turtle in Massachusetts
1979-09-13 00:00:00.0 44 FR 53422 53424 ETWP; Reproposal of Critical Habitat for the Plymouth Red-bellied Turtle
2006-10-03 00:00:00.0 71 FR 58363 58364 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition to Delist the Plymouth Redbelly Turtle (Pseudemys rubriventris bangsi)
1978-05-19 00:00:00.0 43 FR 21702 21705 Proposed Endangered Status and Critical Habitat for Two Species of Turtles (Key mud turtle and Plymouth red-bellied turtle);

» Recovery

Current Recovery Plan(s)
Date Title Plan Action Status Plan Status
1994-05-06 Plymouth Redbelly Turtle View Implementation Progress Final Revision 2
Other Recovery Documents
Date Citation Page Title Document Type
2006-04-21 71 FR 20717 20718 Initiation of a 5-Year Review of Nine Listed Species: the Purple Bean (Villosa perpurpurea), Clubshell (Pleurobema clava), Northern Red-bellied Cooter (Pseudemys rubriventris bangsi), Roanoke Logperch (Percina rex), Swamp Pink (Helonias bullata), Northern Riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), Flat-spired Three-toothed Land Snail (Triodopsis platysayoides), Puritan Tiger Beetle (Cicindela puritana), and Dwarf Wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon)
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
Five Year Review
Date Title
2007-09-10 Northern Red-Bellied Cooter 5-Year Review

» Critical Habitat

Date Citation Page Title Document Type Status
1980-04-02 45 FR 21828 21833 ETWP; Listing as Endangered With Critical Habitat for the Plymouth Red- Bellied Turtle in Massachusetts Final Rule Final designated
1979-09-13 44 FR 53422 53424 ETWP; Reproposal of Critical Habitat for the Plymouth Red-bellied Turtle Proposed Rule Not Required
1978-05-19 43 FR 21702 21705 Proposed Endangered Status and Critical Habitat for Two Species of Turtles (Key mud turtle and Plymouth red-bellied turtle); Proposed Rule Final designated

To learn more about critical habitat please see http://ecos.fws.gov/crithab

» Conservation Plans

No conservation plans have been created for Plymouth redbelly Turtle.

» Petitions

» Life History

No Life History information has been entered into this system for this species.

» Other Resources

NatureServe Explorer Species Reports -- NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

ITIS Reports -- ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

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