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Turtle | Encyclopedia. com turtle, a reptile [1] of the order Chelonia, with strong, beaked, toothless jaws and, usually, an armorlike shell The shell normally consists of bony plates overlaid with horny shields
Seaturtles: Cheloniidae - Encyclopedia. com SEATURTLES: Cheloniidae GREEN SEATURTLE (Chelonia mydas): SPECIES ACCOUNTS LOGGERHEAD TURTLE (Caretta caretta): SPECIES ACCOUNTS PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS The seaturtles are large animals that live in the ocean Their upper shell, or carapace (KARE-a-pays), is quite flat rather than highly rounded The lower shell, or plastron (PLAS-trun), is a bit smaller than in most turtles and attaches to
Little Turtle - Encyclopedia. com Little Turtle Born 1752 (Whitley County, Indiana) Died July 14, 1812 (Fort Wayne, Indiana) Miami tribal leader Little Turtle was a distinguished war chief of the Miami tribe of Native Americans in the Great Lakes region in the late eighteenth century He was one of the most successful woodland military commanders of his time and led an intertribal force to victory against two American frontier
Testudines (Turtles and Tortoises) - Encyclopedia. com TestudinesFamily: Pig-Nose Turtles Family: Australo-American Sideneck Turtles Family: Seaturtles Source for information on Testudines (Turtles and Tortoises): Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia dictionary
Big-Headed Turtle: Platysternidae | Encyclopedia. com BIG-HEADED TURTLE: Platysternidae PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS The family Platysternidae has only one member, the bigheaded turtle, which has the scientific name Platysternon megacephalum This small to medium-sized turtle is most known for its huge head, which is about half as wide as the upper shell The head is shaped like a triangle and covered with a single, large, hard scale, known as a
Ringed Map Turtle - Encyclopedia. com Ringed Map Turtle Graptemys oculifera Status Threatened Listed December 23, 1986 Family Emydidae (Turtle) Description Small, sawbacked turtle; dark olive brown with yellow-ringed shields
Reptile | Encyclopedia. com The turtle shell is part of the skeleton with the rib bones fused to the interior portion, so turtles cannot leave their shells Excluding the sea turtles, most species are able to retract their head and limbs into the shell for protection Some, like the box turtles, have developed hinges to close off the outside entirely when threatened
Tricksters: Mesoamerican and South American Tricksters A female turtle is the trickster of the Des á na people in southern Colombia She constantly outsmarts primordial monkeys, jaguars (the dominant supernatural beings of the primordial age), foxes, deer, and tapir, using their body parts to her advantage; for example, she uses the leg bone of the jaguar as a flute
Box Turtle | Encyclopedia. com box turtle, hard-shelled land turtle [1] of the genus Terrapene, native to North America [2] Its lower shell, or plastron, has a hinge dividing it into front and rear sections; the animal can raise these sections to meet the upper shell, or carapace [3], forming a secure box around its body