Alligator snapping turtle
Macrochelys temminckii · Wherever found · ECOS entity 4936
In plain words
Federal ESA status Proposed Threatened
The Alligator snapping turtle is proposed for listing as threatenedthreatened: Likely to become endangered soon.. The listing is not final yet. This is the U.S. federal status. It is not the IUCN Red List or a state list. No upcoming date is on the record.
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Each step shows up to three dates: the date the law sets, the date in the agency's workplan or set by a court, and the date the step was published. Every date links to the document it comes from.
| Step | Statutory date | Workplan or court-ordered date | Published (Federal Register) |
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| 90-day finding90-day finding: The agency's first answer to a petition, saying whether it is worth a full review. |
Statutory date May 24, 1983 (90-day finding, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet.
16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent practicable".
16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
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Not in the workplan | Not published as of October 24, 2026 |
| Final rulefinal rule: The decision that puts a listing or a habitat rule into effect. | None set |
Planned for fiscal year 2027 in the National Listing Workplan of July 28, 2026.
Workplan row 118
Marked court-ordered, date not stated (National Listing Workplan, version 2026-07-28).
Workplan row 118
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Not published as of October 24, 2026 |
Petitions
- “Alligator snapping turtle (███████████ temmincki)”: petition date (closed). Source: ECOS petitions report, ECOS species profile. Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Identifiers and sources
- This record
https://conservanode.org/id/species/4936- ECOS
- Species profile 4658
- Range states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, OK, TN, TX