[timberghostacres]

I found this turtle sprinting accross my driveway today. He is about 1.5 inches long. I am sure he just hatched. I am pretty sure what type of turtle it is but thought it might be fun to see what everybody thinks

Timber

 

[Moss]

Looks like a young snapping turtle

 

[5chunter]

Looks like a young snapping turtle

I will second that

 

[timberghostacres]

I might stand corrected - however it is not a snapper

 

[Chaos]

Pig-nosed turtle?

 

[DIYASUB]

Landlocked Ridley's Sea Turtle! There are only two of them left and they are very delicate. It is said that even just taking their picture will kill them.

 

[atr]

 

[clermont]

I might stand corrected - however it is not a snapper

Stick your pinky in his mouth!!

 

[timberghostacres]

One clue as to what type of turtle this is the four or five marks down the middle of its back. though not as pronounced when mature ....

 

[clermont]

Box turtle.

 

[timberghostacres]

Bingo...... immature Box Turtle !!!!!

 

[clermont]

Bingo...... immature Box Turtle !!!!!

Nice find and photo!!

 

[susquegander]

GREEN LEGS? I call em stink pots river is full of them!!!

 

[PA-Joe]

It could also be a wood turtle or a full grown bog turtle. Do you have bogs near you?

 

[timberghostacres]

My son and I catch up to 3 or 4 box turtles a year and put a mark on the shell to identify it. I have read were box turtle habitat is very limited so I must have just the right type of habitat for them to live. One thing that I did not know was that Box turtles will eat meat. We discovered this fact last year when we found a box turtle eating a dead gound hog.

timber

 

[cope]

Is the bottom of the shell hinged?

 

[timberghostacres]

Cope,

Way to young to tell.... infact the bottom was still very soft. we just took the photo and released the little guy. yesterday I found a mature box turtle in the back yard. The 5th one this year

Timber