Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) wildspecies.ca

Secure

Present in regions

Migratory species: Unknown

Taxonomic group:

Reptiles

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The General Status ranks do not have legal weight. They are meant to identify the species that may be at risk in Canada.

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Common Names

English common name:

Blanding's Turtle

Source: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.

French common name:

Tortue mouchetée

In French, species in the order Testudines are named "Tortue" (feminine).

Year	English common name	French common name
2000	Blanding's Turtle	Tortue mouchetée
2005	Blanding's Turtle	Tortue mouchetée
2010	Blanding's Turtle	Tortue mouchetée
2015	Blanding's Turtle	Tortue mouchetée
2020	Blanding's Turtle	Tortue mouchetée

Source: iNaturalist

Scientific Names

Higher Classification:

Superkingdom

EUKARYOTA

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Subkingdom

BILATERIA

Infrakingdom

DEUTEROSTOMIA

Phylum

Chordata

Subphylum

Vertebrata

Infraphylum

Gnathostomata

Superclass

Tetrapoda

Class

Reptilia

Subclass

Testudinata

Year	Scientific name	Family	Order
2000	Emydoidea blandingii	Emydidae	Testudines
2005	Emydoidea blandingii	Emydidae	Testudines
2010	Emydoidea blandingii	Emydidae	Testudines
2015	Emydoidea blandingii	Emydidae	Testudines
2020	Emydoidea blandingii	Emydidae	Testudines

Priority Score

This species is not designated as may be at risk

Trends in rounded national ranks

Year	Rounded National Rank	Description of the change	Reason for change	Notes
2000	Apparently Secure
2005	Imperiled	Increased level of risk.	Improved knowledge of the species.
2010	Critically Imperiled	Increased level of risk.	New COSEWIC assessment.	Assessed by COSEWIC in 2005 as endangered (Nova Scotia population) and threatened (Great Lakes and St. Lawrence population)
2015	Vulnerable	Reduced level of risk.	Procedural change.
2020	Imperiled	Increased level of risk.	New interpretation of same information.	Assessed by COSEWIC as endangered

Original Ranks:

Canada
2000	Secure - 4
2005	May Be At Risk - 2
2010	At Risk - 1
2015	Vulnerable - N3
2020	Imperiled - N2N3

Yukon
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Northwest Territories
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Nunavut
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

British Columbia
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Alberta
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Saskatchewan
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Manitoba
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Ontario
2000	Secure - 4
2005	At Risk - 1
2010	At Risk - 1
2015	Vulnerable - S3
2020	Imperiled - S1S3

Quebec
2000	May Be At Risk - 2
2005	At Risk - 1
2010	At Risk - 1
2015	Imperiled - S2S3
2020	Imperiled - S2S3

New Brunswick
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Nova Scotia
2000	At Risk - 1
2005	At Risk - 1
2010	At Risk - 1
2015	Critically Imperiled - S1
2020	Critically Imperiled - S1

Prince Edward Island
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Newfoundland and Labrador
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015
2020

Labrador
2000
2005
2010
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Newfoundland
2000
2005
2010
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Pacific Ocean
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Western Arctic Ocean
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Eastern Arctic Ocean
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Atlantic Ocean
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present