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Old 04-29-2015, 02:28 PM   #1
zorak1
Please identify this turtle

Found in Boca Raton FL in a pool.
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Old 04-29-2015, 05:04 PM   #2
Pasodama
For identification purposes, it is always best to have photos of a top view and a bottom view.
Although not really a necessity, including side views can, sometimes (depending), be helpful.
That being said, this turtle looks to be a Common Musk Turtle aka Stinkpot Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus).
 
Old 05-04-2015, 03:03 PM   #3
Jesse123
Lucky turtle that she was rescued from a pool! I hope you let the little girl go.
 
Old 05-04-2015, 03:17 PM   #4
snowgyre
This is actually a striped mud turtle, Kinosternon baurii. Mud and musk turtles can be tricky to tell apart, but the prominent hinge on mud turtles is on the rear half of the plastron (mud turtles actually have two hinges), whereas it's in the front half on musk turtles (which only have one hinge).

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Old 05-09-2015, 02:00 PM   #5
zorak1
Thanks for the information. I did let it go in a nearby pond that's inhabited by a variety of turtles in great numbers.
Can you guess at gender?
 

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