UPPER WEST SIDE — Residents might want to consider altering their "Curb Your Dog" signs.
A man was spotted taking a small turtle on a walk Monday morning, letting the creature meander through a sidewalk tree pit filled with plantings and flowers along West 99th Street.
Manhattanite Sean Miller spotted the man "taking his turtle out for a morning walk" and posted the photos on Instagram.
The small turtle was held in check by a white rope that wrapped around his shell and was tied in a knot, the photos showed.
This was hardly the first unique animal sighting in the neighborhood in the past few months.
In May, a woman was seen out on a dinner date with her cat at a local Chinese restaurant.
A wounded deer was found next to a local library in late June and later died.
And a coyote was spotted in Riverside Park in late April.