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The Black Tortoise is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is usually depicted as a tortoise intertwined with a snake. [1] The character '武' can mean 'martial' or 'warrior.' The two characters 玄 and 武 do not have any literal meaning of tortoise and snake. But both tortoise and snake are known to hibernate during winter.
Chelodina kurrichalpongo, also known as the Darwin snake-necked turtle, is a species of snake-necked turtle that is endemic to Australia.The specific epithet kurrichalpongo refers to the Aboriginal Dreamtime creation myth of the black rock-snake that laid the eggs from which hatched the rainbow snakes that carved the depressions and watercourses in the landscape.
Tricarinate hill turtle Melanochelys tricarinata India, Nepal, Bangladesh; Indian black turtle Melanochelys trijuga India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand; Indian eyed turtle Morenia petersi Eastern India, Bangladesh; Malayan flat-shelled turtle Notochelys platynota; Keeled box turtle Pyxidea mouhotii; Arakan forest turtle ...
Family Dermochelyidae (softshell sea turtles) - 1 species Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle or leatherback) Family Geoemydidae (Asian river turtles, Asian leaf turtles, Asian box turtles and roofed turtles) - 4 species Geoclemys hamiltonii (black pond turtle, spotted pond turtle or Indian spotted turtle)
Diadem sand-snake / common leaf-nosed snake / awl headed snake ... Loggerhead sea turtle Chelonia mydas [1] Green sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata [1]
Indigenous species include one species of crocodilian, 12 lizard species, 49 snake species, and 31 turtle species. Three native species have possibly been extirpated from the state. These include the eastern indigo snake , southern hognose snake and the mimic glass lizard .
The white turtle is the only existing species in the Dermatemydidae family. It is a nocturnal, aquatic turtle that lives in large rivers and lakes in Central America, from southern Mexico to northern Honduras. It is one of the most exploited turtles in the world and is classified as a critically endangered species by the IUCN. It is quite large ...
Parker's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina parkeri) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. Taxonomy and etymology