crabing/turtles id?

[Papasown]

Hey Kmaty, When I was a kid growing up on LBI, we used to help those terrapins across the main boulevard in their quest to get from the ocean to Barnegat Bay. They were always in a hurry to get there, but got turned around after we picked them up, and often wanted to go back into the street. Now days behind my house at a brackish feeder creek into the Manasquan, the snapper turtle comes for the killie trap. He can crush it with his strong jaws, but wants to drag it out of the water first, so they don't swim away. One of these bad boys is as big as a cocktail table, and loves baby swans and ducks, also. I always have a watchful eye when the labs go swimming. If he goes near the dogs, he's soup!

[Captain Rich]

Originally Posted by kmaty

Thanks guys! The shell was super smooth and the under side was a extremely clean white couldn't get a pict didn't realy wana mess around to much with him he wasnt the most patient turtle.

I thought by definition, all turtles are patient ??

[Qman]

Originally Posted by dfish28

I was going to say diamond back but I don't see the layering on the shell, the head and skin really look like one but I never saw a shell like that... Maybe the pic...- crab and tortoise soup?

It is really smooth for a diamond back. Not sure if that is uncommon. But the spotted skin and head shape is dead give away. And if it was a snapper it would be hanging off that guys toe in that picture lol.