A lady found this turtle in the street & brought it to my wife. I do not know what kind of turtle it is, but my daughter has named it "Tertie". We turned it loose in the back yard.
I was going to say we had those in the south, snapping turtles, they were all over the yards, roads, highways,,,, in Pennsylvania the kids were always finding box turtles in the yard.
It does look like a snapping turtle, another way to tell is on the front of the mouth, it looks like a little hook thats part of their mouth, in any case....watch your fingers!!
It looks like a snapper to me as well but without seeing the mouth (the little hook) I can't really tell. Turtles are cool to watch though. Have fun with him but yes, be careful.
Maybe it could be a mixed between a snapper and a painted turtle. Snappers do have a tail but also a jagged edge around the edging of the shell-this one seems half smooth edge and some jagged edge. A snapper will snap when they feel threatened. Not sure how this one even got picked up. Snappers usually won't let you near them. Be very careful you don't lose any fingers.
Looks to me like some kind of "hybrid box turtle" Here is an image of one I found on the internet, in rehabilitation. (Okay lesson learned....do not delete posted photo's out of photobucket, as they disappear from the posting, hehe)
I don't think it is a snapping turtle. It could still bite though. Also, you may think you want one , but they are awful for a pond. They eat fish and even birds. They like to swim up under a baby duck and eat them, and they are bad about biting off the feet of adult ducks and geese. They do taste good though.
