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Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This category contains articles about the family in the order Testudines - the turtles. For individual species ...
Example species Example image Carettochelyidae Boulenger, 1887: 1: Pig-nosed turtle: Pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811: 6: Sea turtles: Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Chelydridae Gray, 1831: 2: Snapping turtles: Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) Dermatemydidae Gray, 1870 : 1: Central American ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... List of reptile genera lists the vertebrate class of reptiles ... Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines characterized ...
The following list of reptiles lists the vertebrate class of reptiles by family, spanning two subclasses. Reptile here is taken in its traditional ( paraphyletic ) sense, and thus birds are not included (although birds are considered reptiles in the cladistic sense).
Turtles have been classified in different ways by different authors. While they were previously considered anapsids , they are now considered more derived. [ 1 ] Recent analyses of molecular evidence have strongly suggested that they belong in the clade Archosauromorpha (also known as Archelosauria). [ 2 ]
Download as PDF; Printable version ... Zhou's box turtle is a critically endangered species that is endemic to China. China has around 403 different species of ...
Turtles of North America. Turtles , tortoises , and terrapins native to terrestrial−land , freshwater , and coastal marine ecosystems and habitats of North America , including in the sub-bioregions of Central America and the Caribbean .
Thirty species of reptiles have been recorded in the US state of Minnesota, including 17 species of snakes, eleven species of turtle, and three species of lizard. [1] Of those 31 species, two ( Blanding's turtle and the wood turtle ) have been listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature , with another 20 listed as ...