Wood Turtle Range in U.S.

A map of the continental U.S. with the wood turtle's range highlighted in orange, stretches across several states including the northeast U.S., parts of Canada, and as far west as areas of Minnesota

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USGS

Date Shot/Created

07/05/2025

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Public Domain

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Native Range: Northeastern United States, the Great Lakes region, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia with isolated populations in northern New York and Quebec (Cardoza et al., 1993; Conant and Collins, 1998). Not historically found in Virginia south of Rockingham County, in most of northwestern New York, or in the Cape Cod region (Buhlmann and Mitchell, 1989; Ernst et al., 1994; Conant and Collins, 1998).