Can you guys tell me what this little guy is?

[TimCarpenter]

want to know what this little guy is. i had a tortoise who sadly passed away some time ago and my sister found this guy and took it home wondering if i would want it. any help with the species and help taking care of him would be greatly appreciated

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

I'm sorry about your tort
... but you should put him back wherever he was found. I think he's far rather be bobbing about in a local pond than a tank
That looks like a mud turtle, but I'll bet @Yvonne G or @Anthony P have suggestions.

 

[dmmj]

The hinged bottom says box turtle

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

The hinged bottom says box turtle

Where?
I think he looks too skinny to be a box turtle, aren't a little rounder?

 

[wellington]

I agree, some kind of Box turtle. Wild though, should be left in the wild. Please put it back where it was found.

 

[dmmj]

That bottom looks hinged to me, but yes does look flat

 

[Gillian M]

A very warm welcome to the forum.

So sorry to have heard about the tort that died-too bad.

Good luck.

 

[Yvonne G]

No, all wrong except Elmo's Yellow - that's a mud turtle. He lives in the water, not a tortoise at all. I don't think it's native to Florida. If you have a pond or don't mind the hard work of keeping an aquarium clean (big job with a water turtle), then you might think of keeping it. But if not, call around to local turtle rescues and turn him in.

Florida has these species of mud turtle as natives:

• Eastern Mud Turtle
• Striped Mud Turtle
• Common Musk Turtle
• Loggerhead Musk Turtle

I don't think its any of those....well, it MIGHT be a striped mud turtle that's real dry and pretty beat up.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Sorry to hear about the passing of your tort.
But please put this little fellow back where you found him.
The Eastern Mud Turtle (if that's what it is) is native to Florida and likes to walk along the bottom of the water rather than swim, so may prove difficult to keep. I think you'd need a pretty big tank.

 

[Anthony P]

Looks like it's a Striped Mud Turtle, Kinosternon baurii.

 

[Berkeley]

It IS a striped mud turtle.
--Berkeley

 

[Turtle lover 9025]

It look like a eastern box turtle that's she'll got beat up

 

[Anthony P]

It look like a eastern box turtle that's she'll got beat up

Way off in every single way. I bred this species for years. It is 100% a Kinosternon baurii.

I don't mean to be brash, but an ID that differs that greatly can really lead someone to provide grossly inappropriate care. We are all here because we love turtles, so surely we don't want this animal to suffer.

Kinosternon baurii all day long.