What kind of turtle is this?

Yes, it is hard to tell from the pictures. However, considering that you live in California, you should consider that it might be a Western Pond Turtle, the only aquatic turtle native to Ca. And yes, the males do have very long tails. Check out the range map and the baby turtle on CaliforniaHerps website.

BTW - this species is in decline, and it is protected and cannot be kept without a permit from the California Dept. of Fish & Game.

First of all, it is definitely NOT a snapping turtle! Most baby turtles have long tails!

The photo of the plastron proves it. They don't occur naturally in California anyway.

The picture is fuzzy, but it does appear to be a western pond turtle, which is protected. You need to release it into a shallow body of water nearest where it was found.

Hatchlings sometimes become confused when trying to find water, it apparently became lost and ended up in your warehouse.

It may be snapping turtle. Like the guy above me says, you can tell by the tail. It's surprising for you to find this because it's illegal in California to have these. It's an aggressive turtle and it can bite your finger off if you're not careful. It's illegal in California because the state don't want these turtles in the river, they will kill everything and they grow very big. So be careful.

It may not be a snapping turtle because it's bottom shell doesn't look like one. But your pictures are kind of blurry so hard to tell. And being in California and snapping turtles being illegal, it's not a snapping turtle.

Clemmys marmorata, the Western pond turtle.Like the snappers, young Clemmys have long tails. Unlike them, they are native to California and have full-sized plastrons.

As the common name suggests, they are water turtles. It can be fed any soft-bodied whole animal that is small enough for it to handle. Liver is also good but needs to be supplemented with bonemeal. As to legality of keeping it, you're on your own.

I'm guessing a snapping turtle. You can tell because the tail is so thick. It's hard to tell by the pictures what kind it is though. So yea, it needs water. But make sure it also has some rocks or something to climb up on.

We used to have two turtles that look like this one and they were Map turtles we bought from a breeder if your has white eyes it is one too

A baby snapping turtle. You can tell by the tail. They live in marshy areas where there is water and land.

If he were a little bigger he would be a Teenage Mutant NInja Turtle.

it looks like a baby snapping turtle

the correct answer came from? Holly T. It is indeed a young snapper but the pictures are hard to classify it more specifically