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Testudines (Turtles, tortoises & terrapins) An anapsid is an amniote whose skull lacks one or more skull openings (fenestra, or fossae) near the temples . [ 1 ] Traditionally, the Anapsida are considered the most primitive subclass of amniotes, the ancestral stock from which Synapsida and Diapsida evolved, making anapsids paraphyletic .
Terrapins are a group of several species of small turtle (order Testudines) living in fresh or brackish water. Terrapins do not form a taxonomic unit and may not be closely related. Many belong to the families Geoemydidae and Emydidae .
Turtles of South America — turtles, tortoises, and terrapins native to terrestrial−land, freshwater, and coastal marine ecosystems and habitats of South America. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The Terrapins and Cavaliers renew a rivalry that hasn't been contested on the football field since Maryland left the ACC for the Big Ten after the 2013 season. The Terps haven't played any team ...
Pond turtles, terrapins, and sliders: Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Geoemydidae Theobald, 1868: 24: Asian leaf turtles, roofed turtles, and Asian box turtles: Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) Kinosternidae Agassiz, 1857: 4: Mud and musk turtles: Common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) Platysternidae Gray, 1869 : 1: Big ...
In North America, it may denote the order as a whole. In Britain, the name is used for sea turtles as opposed to freshwater terrapins and land-dwelling tortoises. In Australia, which lacks true tortoises (family Testudinidae), non-marine turtles were traditionally called tortoises, but more recently turtle has been used for the entire group. [4]
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The southern African Tortoise Book – A Guide to southern African Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles, Revised Expanded Edition. KiwaZulu-Natal: O. Bourquin. 228 pp. ISBN 0-620-26536-1 . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pelomedusa subrufa .