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What is the difference between box turtes and tortoises?
Box turtles can close their shells tortoises can't.
What is the difference between turtles and tortoises?
While similar (both have shells) the tortoise lives on land, and is a herbivore. The turtle lives in water, and is an omnivore. They can be distinguished by the shape of their shells- turtles are streamlined for swimming and diving, tortoises are dome shaped.
What observations did Charles Darwin make about Galapagos tortoises?
turtles have shells....
Does a snake pull back head into shell?
No. Snakes do not have shells. Some turtles and tortoises can retreat into their shells.
Do turtles lose their shells?
Tortoises do not shed their shells because the shell is part of their body. With proper UVB lighting the shell will grow normally and adjust to the tortoises size.
What are some facts about turtles?
1.Turtles have narrow shells which is compressed dorsiventrally,while the shells of tortoises are bigger more wider & not compressed that is why people say tortoises are bigger than turtles. 2.Turtles might be very slow on land but they are very quick & agile in water but tortoises rarely get into the water even though very few species of tortoises can swim. 3.Most of the tortoises have 'O' shaped shells but turtles have oval shaped shells. 4.tortoises have large conspicuous legs but turtles have long flippers. 5.Turtle only come on the land for laying eggs but tortoises only live on land. 6.The metabolic rate & heart beat of the tortoise is very less when compared to turtle that is why tortoises are capable of living 200 years not turtles. 7.Based on the method of retracting of their heads into shells they are divided into 2 types cryptodria & pleurodria. 8.tortoises have rough skin than turtle as they live on land this is to reduce water loss
Why do turtles lives up to 500 years?
I think that tortoises live a longer life is because they have hard shells to protect them. We don't have hard shells attatched to our bodies sowe don't live as long as turtles or tortoises.
Creature that has shell?
Many molluscs, such as snails, and also creatures like turtles and tortoises have shells.
Does a tortoises have a spine?
They do inside their shells at the top in the middle.
When is a turtle a tortoise?
Turtles are aquatic with webbed feet and flatter shells, tortoises are always on land with flat club-like feet and high shells. Tortoises generally live longer too.
What's the difference between the four groups of reptiles?
The four groups of reptiles are crocodilians, lizards, snakes, and turtles, terrapins, and tortoises. Snakes have no ears or sense of hearing, and only turtles, terrapins, and tortoises have shells.
What are some similarities between a turtle and tortoise?
both are reptiles and testudines. their limbs are quite similar 2Turtles and tortoises make up the order Testudines in the class Reptilia. Tortoises make up the family Testudinidae in the order Testudines. Tortoises live entirely on land. Aquatic turtles come onto land to mate and lay eggs, and some hibernate in burrows during the winter. Turtles and tortoises are cold blooded except for Leatherback sea turtles that produce internal heat in their muscles while swimming. Most turtles are omnivores, although some seagoing turtles are carnivores. Tortoises are generally herbivores, although some have been known to scavenge carrion. Tortoises and turtles are toothless, but have hard rough tongues and plates on their jaws with which they are able to grind their food. Tortoises have much thicker and heavier shells that tortoises. Aquatic turtles that seldom leave the water have the lightest and thinnest shells. Turtles and tortoises are very similar in anatomy and physical characteristics.Turtles and tortoises have much in common, as tortoises are a branch from the much larger group of turtles. Features include a bone shell, and a neck that buckles in an 'S' curve in order to pull the head back and protect it - although sea turtles have a very reduced ability to pull their heads back.
