Florida Red-bellied turtle

Hi there. Since you know the identity of your organism, please go ahead and fill in the scientific name field. This allows the spotting to fully enter the database and become complete, letting groups and individuals use the data and find your spotting. It also takes the spotting off the "unidentified" list. Thank you!

Here's a great Project Noah blog entry that explains the spotting process:
http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/2870249...

Yeah I would say from the markings on the carapace and the location that this turtle is likely to be a Red Bellied Turtle.

Sarah (and Goody), I based my ID suggestion of the Florida Red-bellied turtle on the horizontal red stripes on the shell. Also, there is a Turtles of the Southeast U.S. mission that you can join here if you want (http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1058...) and then you can edit this spotting to include this turtle in the mission. Neat spotting!

Unfortunately I don't. I saw him on the way to work in the middle of a busy parking lot. Took a quick pic then moved him to a safe area. He was very covered with moss and tried snapping at me when I picked him up.

Hi and welcome to Project Noah, Sarah! Do you happen to have any photos that show this turtle's face or any other features? Someone may be able to ID it from this single image, but there are a lot of turtle species in Florida and this one appears to be covered in quite a bit of algae. Oh, and I have moved this spotting to Reptiles for you. Again, welcome!