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In North America, it may denote the order as a whole. In Britain, the name is used for sea turtles as opposed to freshwater terrapins and land-dwelling tortoises. In Australia, which lacks true tortoises (family Testudinidae), non-marine turtles were traditionally called tortoises, but more recently turtle has been used for the entire group. [4]
The Biology of Sea Turtles, Volume II. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-1123-3. Powell R, Conant R, Collins JT (2016). Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp., 47 plates, 207 figures. ISBN 978-0-544-12997-9.
Ancestors of the chicken turtle and related turtles of the genus Chrysemys may have been present in North America for up to 40 million years. [30] Writing in 1978, Dale Jackson considered D. reticularia to have "one of the most complete evolutionary records of any Recent turtle". [31]
In the United States, around 2.3 million households are home to reptiles, including turtles. Here's what the reptile can and cannot eat.
Some alligator snapping turtles were released or escaped into waters of the Czech Republic, Germany and Hungary. In Bavaria, a turtle was accused of causing injury to a child, but the claim was never substantiated and the turtle in question was never found. [37] In Bohemia, four turtles of this species have been caught.
According to a trade data study, painted turtles were the second most popular pet turtles after red-eared sliders in the early 1990s. [199] As of 2010, most U.S. states allow, but discourage, painted turtle pets, although Oregon forbids keeping them as pets, [200] and Indiana prohibits their sale. [189]
Turtles can be found on every continent except Antarctica. However, they are most commonly found in south-eastern North America and South Asia, with the highest concentration in the US. 31.
Feeding turtles and tortoises right means mimicking their natural diet; the wrong foods, even common ones, can be harmful. Here are 32 foods to avoid.