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Turtles, a generic name for the group of reptiles which includes tortoises and terrapins, are reptiles most of whose body is shielded by a special bony shell developed from their ribs. All extant, or living, turtles are members of the order Testudines, which includes both living and extinct varieties of turtle.

There are two major groups of turtles: sea turtles, which grow to large sizes and live in the oceans in the temperate and tropical regions of the earth, and fresh-water turtles.

Fresh-water turtles which spend the majority of their time on the land are generally called tortoises. In the United Kingdom aquatic fresh-water turtles are known as terrapins. Fresh-water turtles are generally much smaller, ranging in size from a few centimeters to a few feet long. All turtles have a protective shell around their bodies. The top part of their case is called the carapace, the underside is the plastron, and the two are connected by the bridge.

The size of turtles can vary from a few centimetres to up to two meters. Turtles generally live a long time; some individuals are known to have lived longer than 150 years.

The first turtles already existed in the era of the dinosaurs, some 200 million years ago. Turtles are the only surviving branch of the even more ancient clade Anapsida, which includes groups such as the procolophonoids, millerettids and pareiasaurs. All anapsid skulls lack a temporal opening. All other extant amniotes have temporal openings (although in mammals the hole is obscured). Most of the anapsids became extinct in the late Permian period, with the exception of the procolophonoids and the precursors of the testudines (turtles).

Even though they spend large amounts of their lives underwater, turtles are air-breathing reptiles, and must surface at regular intervals to refill their lungs with fresh air. They also spend part of their lives on dry land. Sea turtles lay their eggs on dry sandy beaches, and are highly endangered largely as a result of beach development and over hunting.

Aquatic respiration in Australian freshwater turtles is currently being studied. Some species have large cloacal cavities that are lined with many finger-like projections. These projections, called "papillae", have a rich blood supply, and serve to increase the surface area of the cloaca. The turtles can take up dissolved oxygen from the water using these papillae, in much the same way that fish use gills to respire.

Taxonmony

Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family:

Source: Wikipedia Read more about Turtles

VIDEO CLIPS

Leatherback Turtle
6.230MB MOV View Movie
Tropical Ecosystems of Costa Rica and Panama (R. Hays Cummins, Miami University)
Leatherback turtles of Gandoca, SE Costa Rica. This female leatherback was 147 cm long. She layed about 80 eggs that were transferred to the hatchery in a plastic garbage bag. If you look carefully, you can see the plastic bag catching the eggs as they are layed. The lighting is poor because we didn't want to disturb the nesting process. Only her tail end was illuminated.

Softshell Turtle
45.150MB MOV View Movie
Tropical Marine Ecology Page (R. Hays Cummins, Miami University)
Several large softshell females turtle come to nest along the banks of the Anhinga Trail (Florida).

Softshell Turtle
31.000MB MOV View Movie
Tropical Marine Ecology Page (R. Hays Cummins, Miami University)
A softshell turtle carefully digs her nest and lays eggs.

Burmese turtle
0.850MB RM View Movie
Yunnan Animal Museum
Burmese turtle

Matamata Turtle
0.000MB MPG View Movie
Honolulu Zoo
Matamata Turtle

Matamata Turtle
0.120MB MPG View Movie
Honolulu Zoo
Matamata Turtle

Turtle
0.010MB AVI View Movie
University of Aberdeen Zoology Museum
Clip of Turtle

Green Turtle
7.300MB MOV View Movie
Wild Fauna in Hong Kong
Green Turtle (Note: the movie links do not work in the page below, use the 'play video' button in the top frame)

Sea Turtle
1.370MB RM View Movie
Queensland Government
Beautiful Sea turtle video footage!

Hawsksbill Turtle
0.000MB MOV View Movie
Maui NO KA OI Broadcasting
Long video showing 180 hatchlings swarming at once to the ocean

turtles
0.320MB WMV View Movie
California VideoDiver
"10 seconds of a turtle poking its little head up at Place of Refuge"

Loggerhead turtle
MOV View Movie
Arkive.org
Nice selection of Loggerhead turtle video clips available in various formats

Green turtle
MOV View Movie
Arkive.org
Nice selection of Green turtle video clips available in various formats

Leatherback turtle
MOV View Movie
Arkive.org
Nice selection of Leatherback turtle video clips available in various formats

Hawksbill turtle
MOV View Movie
Arkive.org
Nice selection of Hawksbill turtle video clips available in various formats

Kemp's Ridley Turtle
MOV View Movie
Arkive.org
Nice selection of Kemp's Ridley Turtle video clips available in various formats

Olive ridley turtle
MOV View Movie
Arkive.org
Nice selection of Olive ridley turtle video clips available in various formats

Turtle
MPG View Movie
Neptune's Garden Productions
Sunlit Turtle

Turtle
WMV View Movie
Neptune's Garden Productions
Turtle with remora

Sea Turtle
MOV View Movie
Nautilus Productions
Sea Turtle Video Clip

Turtle
1.960MB MPG View Movie
jellitot.com
Turtle - Maldives

Turtle
1.120MB MPG View Movie
jellitot.com
Turtle - Galapagos

Turtle
4.320MB MPG View Movie
jellitot.com
Turtle - Maldives

Green Sea Turtle
0.360MB MPEG View Movie
Sea Turtle Survival League
Green sea turtle swimming

Green Sea Turtle
0.620MB MPEG View Movie
Sea Turtle Survival League
Green sea turtle swimming

Loggerhead Turtle
0.270MB MPEG View Movie
Sea Turtle Survival League
Loggerhead swimming

Loggerhead Turtle
0.450MB MPEG View Movie
Sea Turtle Survival League
Loggerhead swimming

Hawksbill Turtle
0.590MB MPEG View Movie
Sea Turtle Survival League
Hawksbill turtle covering her nest

Sea Turtle
0.390MB MPEG View Movie
Sea Turtle Survival League
Turtle hatchlings scrambling to the ocean

Leatherback Turtle
Streaming RAM View Movie
In the Wild Productions
Leatherback Turtle

Turtle
3.080MB MPG View Movie
Oceanes.com
Turtle clip

Red-eared Slider Turtle
1.500MB MOV View Movie
University of Texas at Austin
Egg of the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta)

Red-eared Slider Turtle
4.200MB MOV View Movie
University of Texas at Austin
Hatching in the red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta)

Softshell Turtle
0.730MB ASF View Movie
University of Georgia
Softshell Turtle clip

Yellow-bellied Slider Turtle
1.190MB ASF View Movie
University of Georgia
Yellow-bellied Slider Turtle clip

Green Sea Turtle
MOV View Movie
OceanFootage.com
Sea Turtle Feeding With Reef Fish

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