Wood Turtle?

[Pasquatch]

I was doing some trout fishing this morning on a stretch of the Catskill Creek, and happened upon this little fellow. I was not sure what species he was, but after a little research, I came up with Wood Turtle, which are apparently quite uncommon in NYS. Can anyone here confirm my ID?





Have a good Memorial Day!

-Wes

[getthenet007]

Not sure the name of them,  but i have seen those turtles around NYS!!  I have seen them in the SR  and surrounding tribs... Also i have seen them along the Susqy riverbanks where i live...
Great pics BTW!!!

[jeffd7766]

Not 100% sure but it looks like an eastern box turtle to me. There color patterns vary quite a bit from the color of the one you showed to dark black with very pronounced yellow markings.The only reason i say box turtle is becasue 95% of the wood turtles i have seen dont have a smooth shell, there shell is more similar to a tortoise while a box turtle has a smooth shell.

[pooley]

i think it's a wood turtle. it's not a box turtle.

[Pasquatch]

I know it isn't a Box Turtle, and its shell was actually raised a bit, the photo just didn't show that too well.

[miket.]

she:s definately a wood turtle.i have some by my neck of the woods.

[callduckfarm]

Definately a Wood Turtle. The bright orange on the legs is a good identifying characteristic.

[nacator]

I don't know one turtle from the next, but that's a great couple of pics you got of it.

nice job

thanks for sharing

the cator

[nhpikeking]

i was just about to post a picture of a turtle i saw up at champlain then saw this and it identified it lol theres alot of them up there