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Sea turtles are caught worldwide, although it is illegal to hunt most species in many countries. [84] [85] A great deal of intentional sea turtle harvests worldwide are for food. Many parts of the world have long considered sea turtles to be fine dining.
Turtles of Europe (1 C, 9 P) N. Turtles of North America (1 C, 70 P) S. Turtles of South America (2 C, 59 P) This page was last edited on 2 March 2023, at 22: ...
Turtles by continent (6 C) N. Turtles of New Guinea (14 P) This page was last edited on 3 November 2024, at 08:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
General American usage agrees; turtle is often a general term; tortoise is used only in reference to terrestrial turtles or, more narrowly, only those members of Testudinidae, the family of modern land tortoises; and terrapin may refer to turtles that are small and live in fresh and brackish water, in particular the diamondback terrapin ...
Turtles can live long lives. The oldest living turtle and land animal is said to be a Seychelles giant tortoise named Jonathan, who turned 187 in 2019. [101] A Galápagos tortoise named Harriet was collected by Charles Darwin in 1835; it died in 2006, having lived for at least 176 years. Most wild turtles do not reach that age.
Turtles of South America — turtles, tortoises, and terrapins native to terrestrial−land, freshwater, and coastal marine ecosystems and habitats of South America. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Galápagos tortoise and sea turtle bones were also recovered from the Gold Rush-era archaeological site, Thompson's Cove (CA-SFR-186H), in San Francisco, California. [ 144 ] Population decline accelerated with the early settlement of the islands in the early 19th century, leading to unregulated hunting for meat, habitat clearance for ...
African softshell turtle: Trionyx triunguis: parts of East, West and Middle Africa Pancake tortoise: Malacochersus tornieri: most common in Kenya and Tanzania [3] Radiated tortoise: Astrochelys radiata: native to southern Madagascar [4] Speke's hinge-back tortoise: Kinixys spekii: Tanzania, etc. Turkana mud turtle: Pelusios broadleyi: Eastern ...