It does have a red stripe on its head. I am in El Paso, the desert, so there aren't any bodies of water around. That means it is probably somebody's pet then, doesn't it?
I was driving home and swerved to avoid hitting a tortoise that was walking down the street. I picked it to make sure no one else would hit it, and I took it home. I'm pretty sure it is a desert box tortoise. I'm not exactly equipped to have one of these in a home.
I'm wondering whether it...