There are fourteen extant families of the order Testudines, an order of reptile. The testudines are some of the most ancient reptiles alive, with only...
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of evolutionary relatedness among various groups of organisms Taxonomy Virus classification List of Anuran families List of Testudines families List of...
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species and subspecies List of typhlopid species and subspecies List of Testudines families (tortoises, turtles and terrapins) Liu, Yunhuan; Carlisle, Emily;...
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Turtle (redirect from Testudines)
Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major...
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devised by Dr. Oliphant Jackson, the Jackson ratio is a method of determining whether a member of the tortoise species Testudo graeca or Testudo hermanni is...
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Island tortoise (Chelonoidis niger abingdonii) and the last known individual of the subspecies. In his last years, he was known as the rarest creature in...
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Trachemys (category Turtles of North America)
"Fossil Trachemys (Testudines: Emydidae) from the Late Hemphillian of Eastern Tennessee and Its Implications for the Evolution of the Emydidae". Doctoral...
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Dermochelyidae (category Turtle families)
174 Hirayama, R.; Tong, H. (2003). "Osteopygis (Testudines: Cheloniidae) from the Lower Tertiary of the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco". Palaeontology...
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Yellow-bellied slider (category Reptiles of the United States)
Characterization of the Sicilian Endemic Pond Turtle Emys trinacris and the Yellow-Bellied Slider Trachemys scripta scripta (Testudines, Emydidae)". Genes...
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within the suborder Cryptodira of the order Testudines. It includes the pond turtles (Family: Emydidae), Asian turtles (Family: Geoemydidae), the monotypic...
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November 2020). "A New Species of Mud Turtle of Genus Kinosternon (Testudines: Kinosternidae) from the Pacific Coastal Plain of Northwestern Mexico". Zootaxa...
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Alligator snapping turtle (category IUCN Red List vulnerable species)
JB (2009). "A New Haemogregarina Species of the Alligator Snapping Turtle, Macrochelys temminckii (Testudines: Chelydridae), in Georgia and Florida that...
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239-279. Ward, Joseph P. 1984. Relationships of Chrysemyd Turtles of North America (Testudines: Emydidae). Special Publications, The Museum Texas Tech University...
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Cheloniinae is a subfamily of the sea turtle family Cheloniidae. Its parent superfamily is Chelonioidea. The members of the subfamily, and genera that...
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Bolson tortoise (category IUCN Red List critically endangered species)
Andrew (December 2018). "Global Conservation Status of Turtles and Tortoises (Order Testudines)". Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 17 (2): 135–161...
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The Cryptodira (Greek: hidden neck) are a suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles. Cryptodira is commonly called the "Hidden-Neck...
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Tortoises (/ˈtɔːrtəs.ɪz/ TOR-təs-iz) are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin for "tortoise"). Like other turtles, tortoises...
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Geoemydidae (category Turtle families)
Bataguridae) are one of the largest and most diverse families in the order Testudines (turtles), with about 70 species. The family includes the Eurasian...
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Arakan forest turtle (category IUCN Red List critically endangered species)
endangered Arakan forest turtle Heosemys depressa (Testudines : Geoemydidae), with description of Eimeria arakanensis n. sp" (PDF). Acta Protozoologica...
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Chelodina (category Turtles of Australia)
S. A. (2002). "A New Species of Chelodina (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from Northern Australia" (PDF). Journal of Herpetology. 36 (2): 255–267....
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Texas tortoise (category IUCN Red List least concern species)
Andrew (December 2018). "Global Conservation Status of Turtles and Tortoises (Order Testudines)". Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 17 (2): 135–161...
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gigantea; Reptilia, Testudines): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name by maintenance of a designated neotype, and suppression of Testudo dussumieri...
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Chelydra is one of the two extant genera of the snapping turtle family, Chelydridae, the other being Macrochelys, the much larger alligator snapping turtle...
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Dermatemydidae (category Turtle families)
dermatemydid (Testudines, Kinosternoidea) from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Willwood Formation, southeastern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming". Journal of Vertebrate...
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Spiny turtle (category IUCN Red List endangered species)
spiny turtle belongs to the kingdom of Animalia, the order of Testudines, and the genus of Heosemys. The classification of Heosemys incorporates four species:...
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Florida red-bellied cooter (category IUCN Red List least concern species)
(September 2012). "The Fossil Record of the Diamond-backed Terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin (Testudines: Emydidae)". Journal of Herpetology. 46 (3): 351–355. doi:10...
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Carbonemys (category Paleocene reptiles of South America)
Cretaceous protostegids, the Miocene Stupendemys, and two Quaternary testudines (Megalochelys and Titanochelon). Carbonemys’ relatively massive jaws indicate...
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Heosemys (category Reptiles of Bangladesh)
of freshwater turtles ("terrapins" in British English) in the family Geoemydidae (formerly called Bataguridae). The genus Heosemys was split out of the...
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Sea turtle (redirect from Evolution of sea turtles)
called marine turtles, are reptiles of the order Testudines and of the suborder Cryptodira. The seven existing species of sea turtles are the flatback, green...
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McCord, W. P.; Mertz, L. (2006-05-05). "A molecular phylogeny of tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes" (PDF)...
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