Eastern Mud Turtle; Kinosternon subrubrum

Oak Ridge, TN June 9, 2009 We caught this little turtle in a net trap during Science Camp. It, along with 4 other turtles, a bluegill and 2 catfish, was attracted to the smoked Vienna sausages we used to bait the trap over night! I wish its shell wasn't so overgrown with algae.