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tying to figure out what typ of turtle in found

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Question
cream with black patterns colored shell on bottom and is dark green and orange i found it in the woods near a steam

Answer
Hi Mike,

I really can't say from your description.  Can you post a very clear picture of it?  Or give more information?  Did it have a domed shell?  If it was found in the woods but not in water it may be a type of box turtle, for example.

Whatever species it was, please return it to where you found it if you brought it home.  Wild turtles belong in the wild.  :)