2020年5月24日 · Tortoise does indeed describe a taxonomic group. Tortoises are monophyletic, as every living tortoise descends from an ancestor who was also a tortoise. Turtle is the bad term here, being paraphyletic. Turtle describes animals that all descended from an ancestor turtle, but excludes tortoises who also evolved from that ancestor.

2020年10月15日 · TURTLE is the generic name for all shelled reptiles. It is also the term commonly used for aquatic or semi-aquatic turtles. TORTOISE is the proper name for any turtle in the Family Testudinidea. Tortoises generally have …

2020年12月7日 · In some places (including USA apparently), "turtle" is both a catch-all term for all species of the order Chelonia which includes turtles and tortoises. Here in the UK, "tortoise" is specifically used for walkers and "turtle" for swimmers. We don't have a catch-all term. In North America, all chelonians are commonly called turtles.

2023年1月31日 · tortoise y turtles. reciben el mismo nombre, pero solemos llamarlas, tortugas de tierra, o tortugas de agua, o tortugas de mar. hablando de tortugas, me encanta la tortuga caimán, la quiero de mascota, para que defienda mi casa, su fuerza de mordida fractura huesos y puede partír una Piña en 2.

2022年8月25日 · this person said they’re mucky, but i have a smaller turtle species. 2 musk turtles (razor back & stinkpot) in a 55g long aquarium and my water stays clean for a long while (mind you, i believe musk species stay fairly small), sure you can’t hold them but they do have their own personalities and i really enjoy watching them. :) i don’t think take up as much space as a …

2022年2月2日 · In the first scene of the original 1982 Bladerunner movie, in the 'Voight Kampff test', the line "Tortoise? What's that? - You know what a Turtle is? Same thing" is dubbed as "Eine Chelonie? Was ist das? - Wissen Sie, was eine Schildkröte ist? Ein und dasselbe". But they had to basically make up that word (from the scientific name 'Chelonia ...

2022年9月22日 · However, sulcatas are the 3rd largest tortoise and they need a HUGE amount of land or like an entire basement. There are stories of them bulldozing through drywall. I'm in more of a damp climate, so I didn't think a desert tortoise would be good for me, so that is why I …

Both are good. In the early game, I like to keep the Turtle (delivery pet) first while you try to reach 100% perfect and then once that second pet slot opens up if you aren't on mythic gear yet, you can add the Tortoise (perfect 2x pet).

2021年7月15日 · Exactly, other turtle species. Tortoises are a specific family of turtles and calling this red-footed tortoise a turtle is 100% correct. Also, not all non-tortoise turtles are even partly aquatic, some are fully land-dwelling as well.

2016年11月16日 · So, my favorite word in Swedish has been sköldpadda, which translates to "turtle". Is there any translation for "tortoise", or do Swedes not differentiate? In English, a tortoise is like a turtle, but is terrestrial rather than amphibious. There's also terrapins who are like turtles but live in brackish water