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Red-footed tortoises have many common names: red-leg, red-legged, or red-foot tortoise (often without the hyphen) and the savanna tortoise, as well as local names, such as carumbe or karumbe, which means 'slow moving' (Brazil, Paraguay), wayapopi or morrocoy (Venezuela, Colombia), and variations of jabuti such as japuta and jabuti-piranga (Brazil, Argentina). [5]
Red-footed tortoise: Present on Barbuda; probably extirpated from Antigua. Scaly sea turtles (Cheloniidae) Species Common name(s) Notes Image Caretta caretta: Loggerhead turtle: Endangered. Recorded in water only. Chelonia mydas: Green turtle: Endangered. Recorded nesting on Antigua, Barbuda and some of the offshore Islands. Eretmochelys ...
Red-footed tortoise: Likely recent introduction, though possibly as long ago as Amerindian settlement of Saint Lucia. [2] Rarely seen in the wild. Scaly sea turtles (Cheloniidae) Species Common name(s) Notes Image Caretta caretta: Loggerhead turtle, channel turtle (local name) Endangered. Chelonia mydas: Green turtle: Endangered. Regularly seen ...
Red-footed tortoise: Scaly sea turtles (Cheloniidae) Species Common name(s) Notes Image Caretta caretta: Loggerhead turtle: Endangered: Chelonia mydas: Green turtle: Endangered: Eretmochelys imbricata: Hawksbill turtle: Critically endangered: Leathery sea turtles (Dermochelyidae) Species Common name(s) Notes Image Dermochelys coriacea ...
Red-footed tortoise: Present on Îles des Saintes [3] Trachemys scripta: Pond slider: Near threatened. Introduced. Trachemys stejnegeri: Central Antillean slider: Near threatened. Introduced. African side-necked turtles (Pelomedusidae) Species Common name(s) Notes Image Pelusios subniger [4] East African black mud turtle: Introduced. Scaly sea ...
The red-footed booby is the smallest member of the booby and gannet family at about 70 cm (28 in) in length and with a wingspan of up to 152 cm (60 in). [8] The average weight of 490 adults from Christmas Island was 837 g (1.845 lb). [9] It has red legs, and its bill and throat pouch are coloured pink and
A red-footed tortoise wanders down a path in the wildlife reserve. The Barbados Wildlife Reserve is located in the parish of Saint Peter, Barbados. It occupies four acres of mahogany forest near the top of Farley Hill, next to Grenade Hall Signal Station and Forest. It was established by Canadian primatologist Jean Baulu and his wife, Suzanne.
Red-footed tortoise: Box turtles and pond turtles Species Common name(s) Notes Image Trachemys scripta elegans [4] Red-eared slider: Introduced; abundant. Scaly sea turtles (Cheloniidae) Species Common name(s) Notes Image Caretta caretta: Loggerhead turtle: Endangered. Chelonia mydas: Green turtle: Endangered. Eretmochelys imbricata: Hawksbill ...