Turtle in driveway 2024-10-31

Stopped pretty quick to avoid this turtle.

[Left]
Left

Not sure what kind of turtle. I’m guessing river cooter or pond slider. I’m leaning towards pond slider, Trachemys scripta scripta, due to the vertical thickness of the shell.

[Front]
Front

This one is about 7-8 inches long. It was heading away from the cypress swamp, which was about 300 feet behind it.

The dogs wanted to investigate, but I wouldn’t let them out of the truck.

[Right]
Right

I moved the turtle out of the way.

[Back]
Back

And we continued out the gate.

-jsq