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I posted some low quality pictures. I hope they'll
help. I would like to know if it's a turtle or a tortoise? What kind of chelonian it is?
Im going to try to describe it. It has an even long narrow shell; soft, very fine lines on the shell, almost as if they were drawn on; yellow ears; shell is dome round shaped; no sharpnes. I found it on the road next to the Everglades National Park (Florida).
Can you please tell me what kind it is, or give me at least some possible ideas of what it can be.
Thank you.
Olena.
turlte pics

looks like a mud or musk turtle. needs to be set up in some sort of water set up feed fish,worms and turtle sticks good luck chris

Thank you, it is a FLorida mud turtle, because after that I went to look at pictures and they are the same. Thank you

Are you going to release him back were you found him? I sure hope so.

right where you found him

We released him, but not in the road where somebody can run him over. We released him in Everglades National Park.

I didn't mean right in the road. I meant in the park were it was found next to.

Three striped mud turtle

It's a Musk or Mud Turtle of some type, but I can't seeit cleary enough to tell what species. Need a bigger pic and clearer.