this is what i found.... but if you read it lists the species and says
""Definition." For purposes of this section, "native turtles" shall mean all life stages, including eggs, of the following species"
but it never completes the sentence?????
it also does this with all of the other sections in reptiles and amphibians.....
Part 2, Section 2.2 - Frogs and Part 3 - Reptiles - Express Terms
Express Terms
Part 2 of Title 6 NYCRR is amended as follows:
Section 2.2, "Taking of frogs," is repealed.
Part 3 of Title 6 NYCRR is amended as follows:
Part 3 is renamed to read as follows:
"Reptiles and Amphibians"
Section 3.1, "Protection of diamondback terrapin," is renamed to read as follows:
Section 3.1 [Protection of diamondback] Diamondback terrapins.
A new section 3.2, "Native turtles," is added to read as follows:
3.2 Native turtles.
(a) "Definition." For purposes of this section, "native turtles" shall mean all life stages, including eggs, of the following species: snapping turtle, common musk turtle, eastern mud turtle, spotted turtle, bog or Muhlenberg's turtle, wood turtle, eastern box turtle, common map turtle, painted turtle, Blanding's turtle, green sea turtle, Atlantic hawksbill sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, Atlantic or Kemp's ridley sea turtle, leatherback sea turtle, and eastern spiny softshell turtle.
(b) Snapping turtles.
(1) "Open season." July 15 to September 30.
(2) "Size limit." Minimum length: 12 inches. No person shall harvest, take or possess a snapping turtle with an upper shell (carapace) that measures, using a straight line, less than twelve inches in length.
(3) "Bag limit." Daily limit: 5. Seasonal limit: 30.
(4) "Hunting hours." Snapping turtles may be hunted at any time.
(c) All other native turtles.
(1) "Open season." None.
A new section 3.3, "Native snakes," is added to read as follows:
3.3 Native snakes.
(a) "Definitions." For purposes of this section, "native snakes" shall mean all life stages, including eggs, of the following species: northern water snake, queen snake, northern brown snake, northern redbelly snake, common garter snake, shorthead garter snake, ribbon snake, eastern hognose snake, northern ringneck snake, eastern worm snake, northern black racer, smooth green snake, black rat snake, eastern milk snake, northern copperhead, eastern massasauga, and timber rattlesnake.
(b) "Open season." None.