Turtles are reptiles o the order Testudines (or Chelonii) chairacterised bi a special banir or cartilaginous shell developed frae thair ribs an actin as a shield.
Turtles | |
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Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Order: | Testudines Batsch, 1788 |
Subgroups | |
Cryptodira | |
Diversity | |
14 extant families wi ca. 300 species | |
blue: sea turtles, black: land turtles |
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