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Emydidae (Latin emys (freshwater tortoise) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “appearance, resemblance”)) is a family of testudines (turtles) that includes close to 50 species in 10 genera. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Members of this family are commonly called terrapins , pond turtles , or marsh turtles . [ 1 ]
The Malaysian giant turtle or Bornean river turtle (Orlitia borneensis) is a species of turtle in the family Bataguridae. It is monotypic within the genus Orlitia . [ 3 ] It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia .
Batagur is a genus of large turtles from South and Southeast Asia. All members of the genus are seriously threatened . With a 2007 merger with members from two other genera, [ 2 ] this genus has six described species .
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 Sulawesi forest turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi) is a critically endangered species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is monotypic within the genus Leucocephalon . [ 3 ] It is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia .
Turtles don’t perceive music the same way humans do, but some sounds are more pleasant to them than others. So turtles will like certain types of music, and they will dislike other types."
The Fujian pond turtle, described as Mauremys iversoni, is a farm-bred hybrid, between yellow pond turtles (usually females) and the golden coin turtle or Cuora cyclornata (usually males). Similarly, the turtles described as Mauremys pritchardi are farm-bred and wild-occurring hybrids between the Chinese pond turtle and the yellow pond turtle.
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