I encountered this turtle chilling by the side of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail in West Concord earlier today. I believe it’s an eastern painted turtle, but if you have other ideas, let me know.
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I believe the Eastern Painted has a rather smooth shell, unlike the bumpy shell in your photo, but that’s the limit of my turtlinfo.
There is quite a pile of mud on top of the turtle’s shell. I think that’s what you’re looking at.
Good turtle soup, or merely the mock…?