Might be a Snapping Turtle? Hard to tell :)
A stop on the drive to the Big Thicket with Ann to go for a plant walk at the Geraldine Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve with Joe Liggio.
Obviously dead on side of road.
on the bank of the pond
on the bank of the pond
Quickly buried itself in the sand, but part of its carapace is visible in the bottom half of the picture