It seems you do have turtles in your area. You have a Pacific pond turtle, Actinemys marmorata, which is native to California. You need to search for the stream or pond it came from and release him. It's not legal to keep them in California.
Danny
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It seems you do have turtles in your area. You have a Pacific pond turtle, Actinemys marmorata, which is native to California. You need to search for the stream or pond it came from and release him. It's not legal to keep them in California.
Danny
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