What kind of turtle is this? I just found this turtle on the street in my neighborhood. I live in New Orleans near
the Mississippi River levee. Should I take him to the levee and release him?
That is a baby Common Snapping Turtle. Babies do normally have 3 - pretty well defined keels, so look a little alligator snapper-like. However Alligator Snappers have supramaginals and paired inframarginals. This turtle lacks both = Chelydra serpentina