pancake turtle, soft-shelled turtle - voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites carapace, cuticle, shell, shield - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles plastron - (zoology) the part of ...
domed shells, move on club-shaped feet, are vegetarian, and live in warm regions throughout the world. The musk turtles and mud turtles (family Kinosternidae) are common small turtles of the E United States, and are found only in the Americas. The soft-shelled turtles (family Trionychid...
A geometric morphometric assessment of the effects of environment and cladogenesis on the evolution of the turtle shell Evolutionary Origin of the Turtle Shell A Thin-Shelled Reptile from the Late Triassic of North America and the Origin of the Turtle Shell ...
The turtle is classified as a shelled reptile creature. All tortoises are turtles, yet not all turtles are tortoises. Turtles are the planet’s oldest reptile group, outliving snakes and crocodiles. The existence of the shelled structure distinguishes the turtle-tortoise pair. The shell comprises ...
Other Names: Fly River turtle, Pitted-shelled turtle Type: Aquatic Size: 28 inches (71 cm) Lifespan: 30 years The endangered Pig-nosed turtle is an incredibly unique species. Endemic to Northern Australia and parts of New Guinea, the Pig-nosed turtle is a freshwater aquatic turtle that actu...
turtle, a reptile of the order Chelonia, with strong, beaked, toothless jaws and, usually, an armorlike shell. The shell normally consists of bony plates overlaid with horny shields. The upper portion, or carapace, covers the turtle's back and sides,
Names Although the word turtle is widely used to describe alltestudines, it is also common to see them calledterrapins,tortoisesorsea turtles. How these names are used depends on the type of English. British Englishcalls them turtles if they live in the sea, or "terrapins" if they live ...
Noun1.soft-shelled turtle- voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites pancake turtle turtle- any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming ...
A new, thin-shelled fossil from the Upper Triassic (Revueltian: Norian) Chinle Group of New Mexico, Chinlechelys tenertesta, is one of the most primitive known unambiguous members of the turtle stem lineage. The thin-shelled nature of the new turtle combined with its likely terrestrial habitat...
An inconspicuous shelled reptile, which stands out with its unique habits, as it hibernates in the coldest and hottest months.