Range
It is endemic to the United States. Its habitat is limited to the Pascagoula River of Mississippi and most of its tributaries (a range it shared with the Pascagoula map turtle), and suffers from pollution and agricultural changes to the water levels, affecting nesting beaches. "Turtle plinking" kills significant portions of this endangered turtle's population each year. Males have a mean home range area of 1.12 ha and a mean home range length of 1.8 km. Females have a mean home range area of 5.75 ha, due to nesting activities, and a mean home range length of 1.5 km.
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