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What is the latin genus name for Turtles?
Most are in the family Cheloniidae except the Leatherback which is in the Dermochelyidae family. A Green Sea Turtle is named Chelonia mydas but the Loggerhead is Caretta caretta.
What is the scientific name for turtles?
Turtles are reptiles of the order testudines. However, specific species of turtle will have much more specific scientific names based on their genus and species.
What genus does Sea turtles belong to?
It depends. There are different species of sea turtles, some having a separate genus, though they all belong to the superfamily, Chelonioidea
What is the genus name of the leatherback turtle?
the answer is suck it, turtles don't have leather backs -Sergio Ps. Your mom went to college.........................................................................................................................
What is the genus of a turtle?
Turtles are of the Order Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins) Within that Order there are eleven different Families of turtles. Within each Family there is one or more Genus's.
What is the Genus Turtle?
The word Genus means species. It is not a particular type of turtle. The earliest known turtles were discovered 220 million years ago.
What are all of the different types of sea turtles?
There are more than 250 different turtle species out of which forty species of turtles are endangered. Here are the four of the most popular species : 1. Box Turtles (Genus Terrapene ornata ornata), 2. Sliders (Genus Trachemys), 3. Mud Turtles (Genus Kinosternon and Sternotherus) and 4.Painted Turtles (Genus Chrysemys). First two are the terrestrial turtles and the last two are Aquatic Turtles.
What is the genus name for a koala?
The genus name for the koala is Phascolarctos.
What is the first part of a organism's scientific name?
Genus. Genus is a group animals having common characteristics. The second name is the species name. For eg: Panthera Tigris is the biological name of tiger. Panthera is the genus and Tigris is the species.
What are some kinds of turtles?
There are many different kinds of turtles Pancake turtle, Giant turtle, Box turtle, Snapping turtles, Red eared slider turtle, Painted turtle,Spotted turtle, Sea turtle, loggerhead turtle, leatherback turtle, bog turtle, wood turtle, Blanding turtle, Barbours map turtle, Red bellied turtle, Diamondback terrapin turtle, Florida cooter, Arizona mud turtle, Florida softshell turtle, Stripeneck musk turtle, and the Pacific ridley and many many more
What is the definition of a sawback turtle?
Graptemys is a genus of turtles known commonly as map turtles or sometimes sawback turtles. They are aquatic, freshwater basking turtles that are found throughout the eastern half United States and into southern Canada. They superficially resemble many other species of aquatic turtle, including sliders (genus Trachemys) and cooters (genus Pseudemys), but are distinguished by a keel that runs the length of the center of their carapace, and that they don't typically grow as large. The name map turtle is given to them because of the pattern of yellow or cream colored markings on their head, neck and legs which appears to be similar to contours or markings on a road map.
What is the birth name of Karl Genus?
Karl Genus's birth name is Genus Carl Benson.
