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Families of the Order Chelonia or Testudines
(Turtles & Tortoises)

 
  • Cryptodira: Carettochelyidae
  • Cryptodira: Cheloniidae (sea turtles other than leatherback)
    Subfamilies:
  • Cryptodira: Chelydridae (American snapping turtles, in which the plastron is greatly reduced)
  • Cryptodira: Dermatemydidae
  • Cryptodira: Dermochelyidae (leatherback sea turtle)
  • Cryptodira: Emydidae (freshwater and wood turtles, which make up about 40 percent of the species of the order)
  • Cryptodira: Kinosternidae
  • Cryptodira: Platysternidae
  • Cryptodira: Testudinidae (tortoises)
  • Cryptodira: Trionychidae (soft-shelled turtles)
  • Pleurodira: Chelidae
  • Pleurodira: Pelomedusidae

 

Research Links

 

Order Testudines
... Order Testudines. (turtles). The following species
appear in the Animal Diversity Web: Cheloniidae. ...
Description: Informative pages from the Animal Diversity Web on most turtle species. Habitat information, photographs...

Order Testudines
... Class Reptilia, Order Testudines (31-12-98)  (Familia)
    Subfamilia) (Genus + Genus link), ...

Köhler - A new species of Psephophorus
... A new species of the fossil turtle Psephophorus (Order Testudines)
from the Eocene of the South Island, New Zealand. R. Köhler *. ...

Order Testudines: Turtles & tortoises
... Skulls/Skeleton (Replica) > Order Testudines: Turtles & tortoises. ...

order Testudines (ERMS taxonomic hierarchy)
... European Register of Marine Species Taxonomic hierarchy for the order Testudines. ... 2
groups within the order Testudines: family Cheloniidae family Dermochelyidae. ...

Testudines
LAB #5. ORDER TESTUDINES. Suborder Pleurodira (Side-necked turtles). Family Chelidae
(Austro-American Side-necked turtles): Distribution is Old and New World, but ...

Kenyalogy: Fauna: Taxonomy of reptiles (turtles)
... Reptiles (turtles) ORDER/CLASS Testudines (Anapsida): turtles. Body surrounded
by a bony shell of dermic plaques. They lack teeth but possess a horny beak ...

Order Chelonia or Testudines (Turtles & Tortoises)
... Order Chelonia or Testudines (Turtles & Tortoises). ... Families
of the Order Chelonia or Testudines (Turtles & Tortoises). ...

Testudines
Order Testudines (turtles). Familiy Chelydridae Chelydra serpentina - snapping
turtle. Family Kinosternidae Sternotherus odoratus - eastern mud turtle. ...
www.cofc.edu/~biology/docs/fauth/testdnes.htm - 2k - Cached - Similar pages

testudines_page
Turtles. The following taxonomic list will link you to the individual species. ...

Turtles and Tortoises
Turtles and Tortoises order Testudines. Pignose Turtles
family Carettochelyidae, Pond Turtles family ...

Order Testudines
Class Reptilia. Order Testudines (Chelonia) (Turtles and Tortoises).
Suborder Cryptodira. Cheloniidae Family (Sea Turtles). ...

AnimalWeb
AnimalFact. Definitions: Phylum| Sub-Phylum| Class| Order| Family| Species Phylum:
Chordata. Sub-Phylum: Vertebrata. Class: Reptilia. Order: Testudines. Family: ...

Testudines (Turtles & Tortoises)
... Home:Zoo:Reptiles:Turtles & Tortoises. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines, ... Order Testudines. Tortoises (1). ...

Turtle, Tuatara, Crocodile Checklist--3
... ORDER: Testudines Batsch 1788, Versuch Anleit. Kenntn. Gesch. Thiere Min. 1:437.
DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide in temperate and tropical regions. COMMENT: Gaffney ...

Testudines (turtles, tortoises)
biodiversity explorer home. Order: Testudines / Chelonia (turtles, tortoises).
(Life; Kingdom: Metazoa; Phylum: Chordata: Vertebrata; group 'reptiles') ...

Reptiles Of South Australia
The Reptiles of South Australia. Order Testudines (Tortoises and Turtles)
Family: Cheloniidae Scientific Name. Common name. Other States. ...

 

Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Tulane University
... CLASSIFICATION OF THE LIVING "REPTILES" (MARINE GROUPS INDICATED IN LARGE FONT AND
BOLD FACE) SUBCLASS ANAPSIDA: ORDER TESTUDINES (TURTLES) Suborder Cryptodira: ...

The EMBL Reptile Database
... paleontology. Subclass Anapsida. Order Testudines (Turtles).
Suborder Cryptodira. Superfam. Testudinoidea. ...

Species
... Common freshwater turtles Taxonomy: Class: Reptilia; Order: Testudines;
Family: Emydidae; Species: see below. Subfamily: Emydinae ...

Guadalupe Mountains National Park - Reptiles And Amphibians
... Turtles - order Testudines. The only common member
of the order testudines (turtles) in the park ...

Animals are listed by Class and Order (or SubOrder)
... TURTLES (Order Testudines) Animal, Bedding, Food,
Lifting / Carrying, Notes. Box Turtle, Pine chips

OSSM Vertebrate Zoology: Class Reptilia
... Details of Reptilian Classification: Order Testudines
- turtles: General characteristics: exoskeleton ...

Turtles
Class Reptilia - Reptiles. Order Testudines: Turtles.
This order contains all forms of turtles and ...

TurtleOrigins
... of modern turtles, and therefore cannot be used to elucidate the origin of Order
Testudines (Pough et al., 1998; Pough et al., 1999). The long-standing view is ...

Untitled
... ORDER: TESTUDINES (TURTLES) Family, Scientific Name, Common Name, Distribution,
CODE. Cheloniidae, Caretta caretta, Loggerhead Turtle, NT,Qld,Tas,WA, Q2004. ...

ottawaherps.com wildlife checklist
... Linnaeus, 1758). Turtles and Tortoises (Order Testudines).
Snapping Turtles (Family Chelydridae). Common ...

EEB Herpetology Lab Home Page
... Order TESTUDINES (or CHELONIA): Turtles. Sea Turtles (Cheloniidae
and Dermochelidae): obviously not found in Tennessee. ...

Preliminary Checklist of the Herpetofauna of Guyana
... Lachesis muta, UG, USNM. Order: Testudines. Suborder. Turtles. Family Chelidae.
Chelus fimbriatus, PCHP. Phrynops geoffroanus, PCHP, USNM. Phrynops gibbus, PCHP,
USNM. ...

General Zoology - Subphylum Vertebrata, Class Reptilia
... Order Testudines - The turtles. for fun and facts about
turtles on other websites! Order Crocodilia ...

Pajinka Wilderness Lodge - Reptile List
... Order Testudines. Bar-lipped Sheen-skink *, Eugongylus rufescens. Family
Cheloniidae, Cape York Mulch-skink *, Glaphyromorphus crassicaudis. ...


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