etc., are bound to cause confusion. In order to make it simple, each of the existing families of turtles are grouped into different types – such as the snapping turtles, sea turtles, true tortoises, mud turtles, river turtles, soft-shell turtles, side-necked turtles, etc. Given below ...
their range extends southwest of the boundary of Rocky Mountains to the southeast of Canada and faraway east of Nova Scotia and Florida. The snapping turtle also possesses a shell or carapace that encloses their back just like other turtles. The...
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Various species across the animal kingdom seem to have different ways of finding their way through life. For instance, birds migrate thousands of miles as the seasons change. Newly hatched sea turtles know how to reach the ocean by moonlight. Lioness mothers know how to nurse, ...
“Yes, but can you tell me what kind of egret?” he asked. I was stumped. “There are more than one kind?” It turned out that there are three types of white egrets in Florida (and in most of the US) and they are relatively easy to distinguish, once you know what you’re looki...
Americanalligatorseat a wide variety of prey, from insects, frogs and small fish as hatchlings to mammals the size of white-tailed deer and feral pigs when full-grown. Midsize creatures such as turtles, large fish, crabs, raccoons, muskrats and waterfowl constitute much of an adult American...
The global increase in species richness toward the tropics across continents and taxonomic groups, referred to as the latitudinal diversity gradient, stimulated the formulation of many hypotheses to explain the underlying mechanisms of this pattern. We evaluate several of these hypotheses to explain spati...
2023). Despite the increasing reports of gecko populations in the country, no assessment or management efforts have been made compared to other invasive species that are more conspicuous than geckos, such as freshwater turtles (Baek et al. 2023) and the American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus;...