I made sure to release him close to home, I wouldn't have taken him with me if I was too far out to take him back or near. Thank you for the information!
I thought it was an eastern box turtle but its face and legs when I found it didnt look much like an eastern box turtle, but I'm releasing it a short ways down from where it was, I just wanted to make sure it would be okay in the wild.
I've only ever owned two baby sulcata tortoises, so I found this tortoise in the road about to get ran over and grabbed him, can you help me identify his species and tell me if it's safe to let him out into the Alabama woods.