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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.
Are turtles and tortoises the same thing?
No, turtles and tortoises are not the same thing. Turtles are aquatic or semi-aquatic reptiles with flat, streamlined shells for swimming, while tortoises are land-dwelling reptiles with domed shells designed for protection.
Which of the three general kinds of turtles would you most likely find in a desert?
Tortoises, box turtles and mud turtles are all found in deserts of North America.
What is the difference between sea turtles and other turtles?
They (as well as tortoises, their close relatives in the reptile world) have protective shells. Turtle also live in the water, sometimes even the sea.
Is a turtle a invertebrate?
no, turtles and tortoises are vertebrates.
What is the difference between box turtes and tortoises?
Box turtles can close their shells tortoises can't.
Difference between tortoise and turtle?
Turtles live in or near to water while tortoises live on dry land.
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.
Do turtles and tortoises have the same DNA?
Turtles and Tortoises have highly similar DNA, as tortoises are a subgroup of turtles.
Is a tortoises an offspring?
No a tortoise is like a sibling of a turtle... The difference? Tortoises can be on land and in water, however , turtles cannot.
How are sea turtles differint than tortoises?
The main difference is that sea turtles are aquatic and have fins while tortoises are land based and have feet for walking instead of swimming.
What reptile are turtles related to?
Turtles are related to tortoises.
Are turtles and tortoises the same thing?
No, turtles and tortoises are not the same thing. Turtles are aquatic or semi-aquatic reptiles with flat, streamlined shells for swimming, while tortoises are land-dwelling reptiles with domed shells designed for protection.
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.
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
