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Tortoises and Turtles are both in the reptilia genus and both have similarities but tortoises live on land wile turtles live in water.
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Do turtles and tortoises have the same DNA?
Turtles and Tortoises have highly similar DNA, as tortoises are a subgroup of turtles.
What group is a tortoise?
A group of turtles is called a 'bale.'
Are Tortoises and turtles endothermic?
yes
Tortoise can stay in the water sometimeHow does tortoise do that?
there are tortoises and turtles tortoises live on land and turtles swim and sometimes live underwater
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.
Do turtles and tortoises have the same DNA?
Turtles and Tortoises have highly similar DNA, as tortoises are a subgroup of turtles.
What is one thing the same about where turtles and tortoises can be found?
they are usualy found in hot places with a good sorse of water and shade.
Do alligators and turtles come from the same ancestors?
Turtles and tortoises branched off from the mainstream of reptile evolution years ago. Yes, turtles and alligators come from the same ancestors.
What does a marine tortoise eat?
there is no such thing as a marine tortoise. all tortoises live on land all sea turtles live in the ocean sea turtles eat fish and jellyfish tortoises mostly eat grasses
What reptile are turtles related to?
Turtles are related to tortoises.
How do sea turtles tortoises and terrapins differ?
it depends on his characteristic
What turtles live on just land?
Tortoises belong to the family, Testudinidae, of land-dwelling turtles in the order Testudines. Despite popular belief, than turtles live in the sea, and tortoises live on land, tortoises are in fact turtles. They are not a separate group.
What group is a tortoise?
A group of turtles is called a 'bale.'
Where do yellow-legged turtles live?
In reptiles,turtles and tortoises,care of turtles
What are the three major groups of turtles?
Sea turtles, amphibios turtles, and tortoises
Are box turtles really a tortoise?
No - they are turtles - unrelated to tortoises.
What is the turtles common name?
Tortoises
