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I spotted a weird blob in the middle of the lane that we were driving in, and thought it might be a turtle, so we turned around to check. It was! I moved this little turtle in the direction it was traveling, so hopefully it won’t go back on the road.

I believe this is the midland subspecies due to the alignment of scutes on the carapace and the dark spot on the plastron. This is near the northern limit of the eastern painted turtle subspecies range so a hybrid is possible and it was also found crossing a busy road so I helped it across to safety in the direction it was heading.