Painted turtle pics....

[GAMMA RAY]

Found this guy in my yard.....
I am rather fond of turtles...me and my bro always had them as pets as well as various other reptiles..
I don't think he liked me cause he took off quick...!! Hence...the rear leg actiononey....

 

[Backwoods Savage]

When the turtle crosses the road it is going to rain.

 

[Wooderson]

Red-eared sliders on the run...

 

[GAMMA RAY]

Red-eared sliders on the run...

I thought it was a RES but this guy had red stripes on his legs which the RES do not.
Also, the carapace on the RES has a slight keel down the center that is clearly absent on this turtle.
Same family of turtles but classified into separate genera.
Just sayin...

 

[Pallet Pete]

How big was he Gamma ?

Pete

 

[GAMMA RAY]

How big was he Gamma ?

Pete

SLE (Straight Carapace Length) was approximately 8 inches. That means the length from the front of the shell to back.
I would say the width of the carapace was about 5 inches.
I think it was a male since the foreclaws were very long which is indicative of males. He was an old bugger I think, from the size.

One of my friends suggested I should have kept it.
I would never even consider such a thing! He deserves to live in his natural environment.
I took him to the large pond across the street where he belongs.

 

[thewoodlands]

Nice pictures Gamma, the turtle took off fast so it would not become the ROTW!

Zap

 

[smoke show]

Coulda called Ernie...

 

[GAMMA RAY]

Coulda called Ernie...

OMFG! He is gonna eat all them turtles!...
(I was wondering about his front teeth)....a chainsaw took them out?
I don't like that Ernie fella dammit...

 

[webbie]

I love turtles. Really. Box turtles, painted turtles......just love 'em.

 

[smoke show]

Turtle meat is a good addition to booyah.

Allegedly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booyah_(stew)

 

[yooperdave]

It's that time of the year again-for the turtles, that is. They are laying there eggs in "nests" and will be all over the place for a couple weeks. Around here, its mostly painted and snappers. Some of the snappers get kinda huge!

 

[fishingpol]

Snapping turtles are known to kill cygnets as they feed with their heads down in the weeds of a pond.

 

[Delta-T]

neato...my son's BF brought over his fairly large RES yesterday. Our cats freaked out. They're all tough and whatnot when theres a squirrel or bird outside the window but they ran like chickens from the turtle on the dining room floor. I likes me a turtle too.

 

[Jags]

Yep, saw a couple of them laying eggs over the weekend. Most of the eggs get sucked down by coons around where I saw them.

 

[firebroad]

OMFG! He is gonna eat all them turtles!...
(I was wondering about his front teeth)....a chainsaw took them out?
I don't like that Ernie fella dammit...

I think Ernie lost those teeth chomping down on turtle shells...
Cutle little guy, Gamma--sort of wish I had taken a pic of the little box tortoise I found last week, no bigger than one of those little green turtles we used to by in the dime store when I was a kid.

 

[MasterMech]

Here ya go Gamma. Found a female doin' her thang (burying eggs) on a golf course a couple weeks ago.

 

[KaptJaq]

This snapper was crossing the road near a local pond. Hung out with him until he was clear of traffic. That is my cell phone for scale.





KaptJaq