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Turtle Island is a name for Earth [1] or North America, used by some American Indigenous peoples, as well as by some Indigenous rights activists. The name is based on a creation myth common to several indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of North America. [2] A number of contemporary works continue to use and/or tell the Turtle ...
The island has an area of 4.45 square kilometres (445.00 hectares; 1,099.62 acres) and rises to more than 50 metres (160 feet) above sea level. It is composed wholly of limestone (Koroqara Limestone, Tokalau Limestone Group), probably Late Miocene in age. A single village has a population around 300.
Graptemys is a genus of freshwater turtles containing 14 species, commonly known as map turtles. [5] Graptemys are small to medium-sized turtles that are significantly sexually dimorphic, with females in some species attaining as much as twice the length and ten times the mass as males.
The Pearl River map turtle, native to the Pearl River, recently got classified as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. The new classification leaves the future of the One Lake ...
Northern map turtle at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Illinois. Map turtles are considered habitat specialists and may be replaced by a more tolerant species when their habitat is altered. [11] The effects of human interference by way boating and recreation on shorelines are likely impeding the map turtle from re-establishing itself in natural ...
Tortuga Island [1] [2] (French: Île de la Tortue, IPA: [il də la tɔʁty]; Haitian Creole: Latòti; Spanish: Isla Tortuga, IPA: [ˈisla toɾˈtuɣa], Turtle Island) is a Caribbean island that forms part of Haiti, off the northwest coast of Hispaniola.
Turtle hatchlings being released in Baguan. The Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary is a recognized nesting ground for the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) and the hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), both of which are endangered species. [4] Among the sanctuary's islands, Baguan alone accounts for approximately 63% of all turtle ...
Red-bellied short-necked turtle (Emydura subglobosa) Texas tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri) Northern map turtle (Graptemys geographica) Black-knobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda) Ouachita map turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis) False map turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica) Texas map turtle (Graptemys versa) Arizona mud turtle (Kinosternon ...