- "tortoise"). Like
other turtles,
tortoises have a s**** to
protect from
predation and
other threats. The s**** in
tortoises is
generally hard, and like other...
- with
humid highlands, the
tortoises are larger, with
domed s**** and
short necks; on
islands with dry lowlands, the
tortoises are smaller, with "saddleback"...
- asterisk-shaped vent (cloaca).
Russian tortoises have four toes on
their front limbs,
unusual compared to
other tortoises for
having five.
Coloration varies...
-
Mediterranean tortoises (genera
Testudo and Agrionemys). The
other four
species are Hermann's
tortoise (T. hermanni), the
Egyptian tortoise (T. kleinmanni)...
- this species.
These tortoises,
known as the
Appleton tortoises in
commemoration of
Ariel Appleton, a
champion of
Bolson tortoise conservation, were originally...
-
between desert tortoises east and west of the
Colorado River, it was
decided that two
species of
desert tortoises exist: Ag****iz's
desert tortoise (Gopherus...
-
Giant tortoises are any of
several species of
various large land
tortoises,
which include a
number of
extinct species, as well as two
extant species with...
-
Juvenile tortoises tend to eat more legumes,
which are
higher in protein, and
fewer gr****es and tough,
fibrous plants than
mature tortoises. As gopher...
- feeding, the
tortoises return to
their shelters in the hot
midday hours,
leaving them
again in the late afternoon.
Marginated tortoises are
fairly calm...
-
native to
Aldabra atoll. It is one of the
largest tortoises in the world. Historically,
giant tortoises were
found on many of the
western Indian Ocean islands...
