WHat type of turtle do i have???

Question

Okay so i found a turtle in my backyard and he is about 5-6inches long and he has yellow on his neck and body and his front feet is clawed and the back is kind of webbed. And also the stomach of the shell is yellow with black dots around it.Does someone have a site that i can check out . Thank you

Answer 1

could be painted or blandings turtle they are both pretty common

Answer 2

any chance of it being a Yellow Belly Slider?

Answer 3

think its a painted

Answer 4

does it look like this..... log on this ....its a Eastern Painted Turtle

http://www.colonialprep.org/Painted%20Tu...

Answer 5

odds are its a painted.  check out austins  http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/ca...

lots of pictures and care sheets.  But, be aware if you find a water turtle on land at this time of year its because SHE is LAYING EGGS.. so dont disturb her

Answer 6

I would guess red-eared slider turtle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eared_s...

Answer 7

it is a painted turtle. I strongly suggest you put her back. Keeping a turtle as large as that requires a HUGE tank, and lots of expensive supplies. And the budget could go well over $500! And it is just cruel to take her from her natural habitat!

Answer 8

Yellow bellied sliders do not have black dots on their plastrons.

it could be a cooter of some sort.... depending on where you live. possibly a florida cooter

Answer 9

If the black dots are round and only on the front of the lower shell, my vote is for Yellow-Bellied Slider. Are you in the Midwest, say from TX to MS? (North of there too) That's the range.