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Coming Up The Slant
When I looked over the railing, I saw her coming up towards me. Spring signals the start of turtle nesting season.

Adult Female

Ran into Walkstick2 while we were walking. I found this little snapper next to the sidewalk. I had her moved him down by the water.

I think these are stink pots

Fresh out his hole

This is for the turtle on the left

A softshell turtle I caught on the Canadian river. I was advised it was a smooth based on the lack of horizontal spines in the nose

Wild albino

My dog found this turtle in our back yard! We don’t have any known turtles nearby but a pond which has never had a turtle introduced.

Seen while hiking down the creek. Found in a small ditch with little water.

I am not a turtle expert, but I do know it is a map turtle of some kind!
An old photo from Hurricane Creek, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.

upper turtle

Pearl River Map Turtle (Graptemys pearlensis) (top) and Ringed Map Turtle (G. oculifera) (bottom)

She was clearly a much younger turtle than the first female; her body size was almost identical but her head was 5mm narrower.

West Cambridge way, Hammersmith Subdivision.
Turtle was crossing street near active clearing of trees for new subdivision.

Initially a Red-eared Slider and an Eastern Painted Turtle were fighting over a dead Bullfrog, then a larger Pond Slider joined in and took off with the dead frog

Photographer Chris Scharf - client of Royle Safaris on tour