Found turtle

[Stella22may]

Hi, we just found this turtle in my sister's backyard.... She called me because I have a yellow and a red footed tortoise but I'm fairly new in the turtle/tortoise world and I have no idea what this one is.. please help

 

[Stella22may]

Here are some more pics

 

[wellington]

Others can ID.
Just want to say, if its native, tell your sister to leave it be. Not to take from the wild.
Cute face.

 

[Stella22may]

Others can ID.
Just want to say, if its native, tell your sister to leave it be. Not to take from the wild.
Cute face.

Thank you for your reply Yes, I am also a found believer that it's better to leave animals in the wild. But that's the thing, I don't know if it's native and she has 2 dogs 🙈 I'm in Suriname, South America if that's of any help with id-ing...

 

[wellington]

Until it gets ID'd yes, keep the dogs away as they will chew him. Putting him in a box/cage will be fine for now. Someone will ID soon. Then if it is native, let it go right outside the fence area of the dogs.
@ZEROPILOT
@Yvonne G
@Markw84
I can't think of our turtle experts but the few I alerted may be able to help.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I have no idea except that it strongly appears to be a box turtle of some sort who's had an exciting life.
The extra long neck is curious. It could be an aquatic turtle.
I'd place him near a body of water and see if he doesn't just run and dive right in.
Is there a pond, lake or river near where he was found?

 

[Maggie3fan]

Looks like a sideneck of some sort to me...

 

[jeff kushner]

Arrau turtle - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Take a peek....

 

[wellington]

I don't think it's a box turtle. Search sideneck and mud turtles.

 

[Yvonne G]

It's a sideneck turtle, someone's escaped pet, however, there ARE some species of sideneck who come from South America, so it could be a native turtle.

 

[Stella22may]

Until it gets ID'd yes, keep the dogs away as they will chew him. Putting him in a box/cage will be fine for now. Someone will ID soon. Then if it is native, let it go right outside the fence area of the dogs.
@ZEROPILOT
@Yvonne G
@Markw84
I can't think of our turtle experts but the few I alerted may be able to help.

 

[Stella22may]

Good news! I just got a reply from a local herpetologist. He said it's a Mesoclemmys gibbas (Gibba Turtle). Indeed native, so I will find him a nice spot in my sister's green neighborhood to release him. Thank you all for helping me search. Really appreciate it!