Wish the tortoises could speak! Wish that they could tell us stories of those long forgotten days when wars would rage where there was no nuclear power, Continue Reading
Category: Tortoises
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordate Class: Sauropsida Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Superfamily: Testudinoidea Family: Testudinidae Genus: Stigmochelys Gray Species: S. pardalis Binomial name: Stigmochelys pardalis The Leopard Continue Reading
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Testudinidae Giant Tortoises are reptiles typical of some islands In the tropics. These tortoises Continue Reading
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Superfamily: Testudinoidea Family: Testudinidae Genus: Geochelone Species: G. elegans Binomial name: Geochelone elegans Indian star Continue Reading
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Testudinidae Genus: Manouria Species: M. impressa Binomial name: Manouria impressa The species impressed tortoise Manouria , Continue Reading
You might have seen many people keeping dogs and cats as their pets. What about keeping a tortoise as your pet? It will be a different Continue Reading
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Testudinidae Genus: Testudo Species: T. graeca Binomial name: Testudo graeca The Greek Tortoises have Continue Reading
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Testudinidae Genus: Testudo (disputed) Species: T. hermanni Binomial name: Testudo hermanni Dating back to Continue Reading
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines (=Chelonii) Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Testudinidae Genus: Chelonoidis Species: C. nigra Binomial name: Chelonoidis nigra The Galápagos tortoise or Continue Reading
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Superfamily: Testudinoidea Family: Testudinidae Genus: Gopherus Species: G. polyphemus Binomial name: Gopherus polyphemus The gopher Continue Reading
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Testudinidae Genus: Testudo Species: T. kleinmanni Binomial name: Testudo kleinmanni Egyptian tortoise Testudo Kleinmanni Continue Reading
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Testudinidae Genus: Indotestudo Species: I. elongata Binomial name: Indotestudo elongata The Elongated tortoise Indotestudo Continue Reading