tortoise live on land,on sand. turtles live in water. and terrapin live on both. you already know the difference between tortoise and turtle.but you dont know the difference between terrapin. well,terrapin has a long neck and soft shell.
terrapin can grow bigger than a moss turtle.
No species of turtle, tortoise or terrapin is poisonous.
Tortoise, or box turtle No, I'm afraid not. The common name for a terrapin is the softshell turtle. The terrapin is aqautic, and the tortise and box are land turtles.
tortoise and terrapin
The difference is that turtle limbs are made for swimming and tortoise limbs are not.
a tortoise is smaller than a sea turtle No,a sea turtle is SMALLER than a tortoise
the deference between a turtle and a tortoise is that a turtle has a smaller body and a tortoise has huge claws
how can you tell the difference between a tortoise and a turtle by shell in picture
A tortoise, a turtle-like animal which lives wholly or primarily on land.
A terrapin is a turtle living in fresh or brackish water. Turtles sometimes live in land
A terrapin is a type of turtle that lives in fresh or brackish environments, meaning they like a mixture of fresh and salt water. A distinction between turtle and terrapin does not exist in European languages other than English.
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