Turtle

Welcome to our part of the turtle and tortoise care. Below you find some basic information about the turtle. You can also browse this section to find more specific information on how to treat and breed specific turtle species

The turtles are reptiles belonging to public order Testudines. Tortoise shell easily recognized in bone or cartilage that protects the main part of the body. There are about 300 known species of turtles live in the world, and some are threatened. Tortoise around earliest life 215 million years ago and this makes them the oldest groups of reptiles. Lizards and snakes that like to expand soon.

Several members of the Testudines to be kept as pets. Some of the most commonly kept species are Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), the Russian tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii) and the turtle drive-thighed Greek (Testudo graeca).

Before getting a turtle, it is important to know the exact conditions and how much it can be. Turtles are usually kept by a very large public aquarium because their specific priorities. It is also important to refrain from buying wild caught turtles belonging to endangered species.

Taxonomy

The turtles are reptiles belonging to public order Testudines. Species are divided into three subordo: Cryptodira, Pleurodira and Paracryptodira. Cryptodira and Pleurodira only contains species that are still alive today, Paracryptodira all extinct species. All life's turtle Chelonia crown group.

The Cryptodira subordo far greater than Pleurodira and contains all marine species, all terrestrial species, and many species that live in fresh water. Subordo Pleurodira members sometimes referred to as the side-necked turtle, for the way they pull the head into a protective shell.

Turtle vs Tortoise

World tortoise is widely used to describe all members Testutdines order, but also common to divide the species to species tortoises, terrapins and (sea) turtles. Type that feels natural to use a particular speaker will usually depend on the type of people speak English, English United, English, American or Australian English.

In English, said the tortoise is usually suggested for the species in the sea. Species living in freshwater or brackish water is referred to as terrapins, whereas species that live on land referred to as a turtle. Common names America and Australia are usually left intact, and a speaker of English English language is like using a common name for species of Pig-nosed Turtle Carettochelys insculpta Australia although this species live in fresh water (ie Terrapin is a).

American English speakers tend to use the word turtle for all species, but they will sometimes use the word for turtle species that live on land. When there is a need to distinguish species of marine life of those living in fresh or brackish waters or on land, turtles term use. Terrapin Malaclemys species that live in brackish water called the Diamondback Terrapin in American English.

Australian English does not distinguish species of marine life from the people who inhabit brackish or fresh water; of both types is known as a turtle. But Australian English makes no distinction between land and water species that live; who later referred to as a turtle.

It is not difficult to understand that differences in terminology can cause confusion when English speakers from all over the world communicate with each other. Between scientific research, conservation, and the same veterinarian, said chelonian used to avoid misunderstandings. The term chelonianencompasses all members of the public order Testudines.