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tortoises


Identification code: 300250297



Alternative term/s

  • land turtles
  • tortoise

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Scope note:

General term referring to members of the Testudines order that are land dwelling rather than aquatic, being four-footed reptiles in which the trunk is enclosed between a carapace and plastron, formed by the dorsal vertebrae, ribs, and sternum; the skin being covered with large horny plates, commonly called the shell.

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