What kind is this?

[kristin_roman]

What is this?

I found this little guy by my house today. He looks like a box turtle because of the little hinge on his belly but I'm not really sure what kind he is? Can someone help me?

 

[kristin_roman]

I found this little turtle today by my house, I'm assuming he's some sort of box turtle because of the little hinge on his belly can anyone help me figure out what kind he is?

 

[Millerlite]

Not a box turtle, a mud turtle I some kind they too have the little hinge

 

[lokenica]

RE: What is this?

How cute! Look closely at his feet. If they are webbed, he is aquatic. He looks like a mud or musk turtle from what I can see based on his nose and shell. They are aquatic. I have three of them in my habitat in Georgia.

 

[kristin_roman]

What is this?

Yeah he came out of his shell shortly after I posted this, he's a mud turtle, but he's missing a front foot. Poor little guy!

 

[Yvonne G]

Mud turtles are water turtles. Get him into some water and if you don't have a pond, river, stream or water source in your neighborhood, he might belong to one of your neighbors.

 

[Dyrrran]

I found a mud turtle a couple minutes ago! I see it a lot in the creek by my house. I can tell because it has a wound on its carapace.