My cousin got a turtle or tortoise under really strange circumstances and doesn't even know what it is, here's her email to me:






Hopefully someone can help because I am no good with most ID's...Also she's living in Austin TX if you want to look into native species.

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arent the box turtles the only ones with the flaps to be able to totally enclose themselves in their shell like that? I had an Eastern box turtle in here the year before last that did that, Sorry I am not much help,, I think it is some kind of box turtle though.

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I have sucker tattood on my forehead

here is a good site for her to check out.
Austin Reptile Service: Austin Area Turtle Identification

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Thats a box turtle. I have no idea of the exact species.

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Merlin,
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Do you guys have a good caresheet link, we don't have one yet and I don't know who to trust.

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It almost looks like the 3-toed box turt...

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MARSHA

:D I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on!

I believe it to be a three toed box turtle
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And in Texas they want tyou to leave them alone and not remove them from the area. They ask that you report any sightings and have a database of Box turtles sightings
TPWD: Box Turtle Survey Project

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Merlin,
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That was my guess on the 3 toed box turtle. Time to call natural resources.

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