Found this tortoise/turtle!?

[Hugo's Home]

Well my buddy was cleaning out a back yard of an foreclosed house there putting on the market and found this little one. Not sure what it is maybe a box turtle? House has been abandoned for 2 yrs now and the back yard is fully blocked in. So yeah let me know what it Is!

Thanks

 

[Taylor T.]

Box turtle of some sort I believe.

 

[Toddrickfl1]

Definitely a box turtle. Ornate I think.

 

[Hugo's Home]

Now what to do with this little one.. anywhere to get good care info lol?

 

[Yvonne G]

My slow internet won't let me open any of the pictures but the plastron shot. Because you're in AZ, I'm going out on a limb and saying Terrapene ornata luteola, or desertbox turtle.

 

[Toddrickfl1]

My slow internet won't let me open any of the pictures but the plastron shot. Because you're in AZ, I'm going out on a limb and saying Terrapene ornata luteola, or desertbox turtle.

I just googled box turtles in AZ and it certainly looks like the picture of Terrapene ornata luteola

 

[Hugo's Home]

My slow internet won't let me open any of the pictures but the plastron shot. Because you're in AZ, I'm going out on a limb and saying Terrapene ornata luteola, or desertbox turtle.

I could agree with that so maybe I should release him? Especially if he's native

 

[Toddrickfl1]

I could agree with that so maybe I should release him? Especially if he's native

I would, chances are he/she has lived their whole life very close to where you found it. There's plenty of captive bred Boxies available if you decide you want one.

 

[Hugo's Home]

Yeah maybe.. it's pretty developed around where he was ( houses back to back, mall) but yeah a couple washes run through the houses.. I got a good spot off the beaten path I'll take him, natural spring, grassland plenty of food good soil he can dig a burrow before the fall. Thanks all for the help!

 

[Toddrickfl1]

Yeah maybe.. it's pretty developed around where he was ( houses back to back, mall) but yeah a couple washes run through the houses.. I got a good spot off the beaten path I'll take him, natural spring, grassland plenty of food good soil he can dig a burrow before the fall. Thanks all for the help!

Very cool!

 

[Hugo's Home]

his new home

 

[Toddrickfl1]

Nice, bon voyage! Did he even turn around and thank you?