Turtles in the News
Having discovered a fondness for insects while pursuing her degree in Biology, Randi Jones was quite bugged to know that people usually dismissed these little creatures as “creepy-crawlies”.
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Among the seven varieties of sea turtles that fall into a group, from leatherback to loggerheads, six are dying out or in danger of existence, on account of inhuman activities. The miserable truth is that they encounter many hazards in their course of journey in the seas – such as unintentional capture and getting entangled…
Jamaican Slider Turtle
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Emydidae Subfamily: Deirochelyinae Genus: Trachemys Species: T. terrapen Binomial name: Trachemys terrapen The Jamaican slider (Trachemys terrapin Jamaican) otherwise called the Cat Island slider is a freshwater variety of turtles of the family Emydidae found in Jamaica and the Bahamas. Presently we do not…
Green Sea Turtle
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Cheloniidae Genus: Chelonia Species: C. mydas Binomial name: Chelonia mydas The green sea turtle has pet names like Pacific green turtle, black (sea) turtle, or just green turtle. It is the only variety in the genus Chelonia and it is huge in…
Pascagoula Map Turtle
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Emydidae Subfamily: Deirochelyinae Genus: Graptemys Species: G. gibbonsi Binomial name: Graptemys gibbonsi Turtle Graptemys gibbonsi or the Pascagoula map turtle, is a variety of turtles that belongs to the Emydidae group and inhabits the southern part of the United States. Habitat These…
Black Marsh Turtle – Fresh Water and Terrestrial
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Geoemydidae Subfamily: Geoemydinae Genus: Siebenrockiella Species: S. crassicollis Binomial name: Siebenrockiella crassicollis Siebenrockiella crassicollis go under the names Black marsh turtle, Siamese temple turtle, and smiling terrapin, among others, are freshwater turtles widespread in the southeastern part of Asia. Out of the two species,…
Wood Turtle
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Emydidae Subfamily: Emydinae Genus: Glyptemys Species: G. insculpta Binomial name: Glyptemys insculpta The wood turtle Glyptemys insculpta, is a turtle widespread in the continent of North America, particularly in Canada and the United States. In the west, it ranges from the region of the…
