im not sure what kind of turtles i have

Hi I need help figuring out what kind of baby turtles I have I think they are western painted turtles but I'm not sure we have a pond in our yard and one day we found a turtle on the side of a road and brought her home well a few days later she layed some eggs well they hatched yesterday and I'm trying to make sure I know what kind they are.

Hello Heather,

Chrysemys are a broad species group...it's impossible to even come close on just verbal description alone. If possible a photo of the carapace and plastron (top shell and belly region) would be helpful....

Regards,

j

Their shells are just black and their bellies are orange/red

heather maez wrote:Their shells are just black and their bellies are orange/red

For neonate in this genus of turtle (and a few others) that is too generic a description to identify them fully....sorry...

But, hey...you have turtles, and that's great, and it does sound like a "painted turtle" variety. Get a photo up and I might be able to do better...at least to "regional" species as this Genus has many subspecies...

Here they are

Here's the belly

Hmmm...these little baby's don't appear to be Westerns...??

May have to wait a bit to see better or more mature coloration...