Testudinidae


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Related to Testudinidae: Emydidae, Chelydridae, Trionychidae, Cryptodira, Chelidae
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Noun1.Testudinidae - land tortoises
family Testudinidae
reptile family - a family of reptiles
order Chelonia, order Testudinata, order Testudines, Testudinata, Testudines, Chelonia - tortoises and turtles
tortoise - usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
genus Testudo, Testudo - type genus of the Testudinidae
genus Geochelone, Geochelone - giant tortoises
genus Gopherus, Gopherus - gopher tortoises
genus Xerobates, Xerobates - possible new genus for desert and Texas tortoises based on recent research
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Tortugas fosiles (Testudinoidea, Cryptodira) del Pleistoceno del yacimiento de brea de Talara, Peru
Chelonoidis carbonaria (Testudines: Testudinidae) activity patterns and burrow use in the Bolivian Chaco.
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Ultrasound characterization of the coelomic cavity organs of the red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaria)/Caracterizacao ultrassonografica dos orgaos da cavidade celomatica do jabutipiranga (Chelonoidis carbonaria)
Cheloniidae, Dermochelyidae, Emydidae, Testudinidae, Trionychidae, Crocodylidae, Gavialidae, Agamidae, Chameleonidae, Eublepharidae, Gekkonidae, Lacertidae, Scincidae, Uromastycidae, Varanidae, Leptotyphlopidae, Typhlopidae, Boidae, Colubridae, Elapidae, Hydrophiidae, Viperidae and Crotalidae (Khan, 2004, 2006).
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Anatomy and variability of cuvierichelys parisiensis, a geoemydid turtle that crosses the eocene-oligocene boundary in Belgium
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New and revised life history of the Florida hairstreak Eumaeus atala (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with notes on its current conservation status
A new giant turtle of the genus Gopherus (Chelonia: Testudinidae) from the Pleistocene of Tamaulipas, Mexico, and a review of the phylogeny and biostratigraphy of gopher tortoises.
Two new glyptodont records (Mammalia: Cingulata) from the late Pleistocene of Tamaulipas and Tlaxcala, Mexico: implications for the taxonomy of the genus Glyptotherium

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