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The build features a virtual keyboard; a whiteboard, which displays the code; and a programmable turtle, which can mine and place blocks. [ 61 ] [ 62 ] In late 2016, SethBling built an emulator for the 1977 home video game console , Atari 2600 , in Minecraft . [ 63 ]
The flatback sea turtle was originally described as Chelonia depressa in 1880 by American herpetologist Samuel Garman.The genus Natator (meaning "swimmer") was created in 1908 by Australian ichthyologist Allan Riverstone McCulloch, and in the same scientific paper he described what he thought to be a new species, Natator tessellatus, thereby creating a junior synonym.
The turtle shell is a shield for the ventral and dorsal parts of turtles (the order Testudines), completely enclosing all the vital organs of the turtle and in some cases even the head. [1] It is constructed of modified bony elements such as the ribs, parts of the pelvis and other bones found in most reptiles.
Geoemydidae are turtles of various sizes (from about 10 to 80 cm (4 to 30 in) in length) with often a high degree of sexual dimorphism.They usually have webbed toes, and their pelvic girdles articulate with their plastrons flexibly.
The smooth softshell turtle (Apalone mutica) is a species of North American softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. This freshwater species is endemic to the United States, where it inhabits the Mississippi River system, along with other adjoining waterways that empty into the Gulf of Mexico .
All have a unique pattern of wiggly, black markings or spots on their body and head. The diamondback terrapin has large webbed feet. [ 10 ] The species is sexually dimorphic in that the males grow to a carapace length of approximately 13 cm (5 in), while the females grow to an average carapace length of around 19 cm ( 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), though ...
Trionychidae is a family of turtles, commonly known as softshell turtles or simply softshells.The family was described by Leopold Fitzinger in 1826. Softshells include some of the world's largest freshwater turtles, though many can adapt to living in highly brackish waters.
A unique feature of the Mary River turtle is the very large tail of males, which can measure almost two-thirds of the carapace length. Also unusual is that the tail is laterally compressed like a paddle. The tail also has haemal arches, a feature lost in all other Australian chelids.