May 29, 2018 · turtle, a reptile [1] of the order Chelonia, with strong, beaked, toothless jaws and, usually, an armorlike shell. The shell normally consists of bony plates overlaid with horny shields.

TestudinesFamily: Pig-Nose Turtles Family: Australo-American Sideneck Turtles Family: Seaturtles Source for information on Testudines (Turtles and Tortoises): Grzimek's Animal Life …

Little Turtle Born 1752 (Whitley County, Indiana) Died July 14, 1812 (Fort Wayne, Indiana) Miami tribal leader Little Turtle was a distinguished war chief of the Miami tribe of Native Americans …

BIG-HEADED TURTLE: Platysternidae PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS The family Platysternidae has only one member, the bigheaded turtle, which has the scientific name …

The Turtles Pop group For The Record … Combined Folk and Surf A Move Toward the Psychedelic Disbanded the Turtles Selected discography Sources Although they never …

Jun 8, 2018 · The turtle shell is part of the skeleton with the rib bones fused to the interior portion, so turtles cannot leave their shells. Excluding the sea turtles, most species are able to retract …

New World pond turtles (Emydidae) Class ReptiliaOrder TestudinesSuborder CryptodiraFamily EmydidaeThumbnail description Small- to medium-sized turtles; carapace may be depressed, …

Australo-American sideneck turtles (Chelidae) Class ReptiliaOrder TestudinesSuborder PleurodiraFamily ChelidaeThumbnail description Medium to large sideneck turtles with a …

Turtle, leatherback sea Dermochelys coriacea phylum: Chordata class: Reptilia order: Testudines family: Dermochelyidae status: Critically endangered, IUCN Endangered, ESA range: Oceanic …

Ringed Map Turtle Graptemys oculifera Status Threatened Listed December 23, 1986 Family Emydidae (Turtle) Description Small, sawbacked turtle; dark olive brown with yellow-ringed …