History. Turtle (DSV-3) was designed and built by the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics Corporation at Groton, Connecticut. Turtle and her sister Sea Cliff were launched on December 11, 1968. Turtle was named after Turtle Town, a small community in Polk County, Tennessee. Her name also pays tribute to the American submarine Turtle which served in the American …

Anatomy. C. flavomarginata has a highly domed shell, the carapace and plastron of which are a dark brown with a cream-yellow stripe on the vertebral keel. The edge of the plastron is lightly pigmented due to the marginal scutes' and plastral scutes' lighter pigmentation near their edges. The skin on the limbs is brown, while the top of the head is pale green.

Description. The spiny softshell turtle's scientific name is very descriptive of the animal. Apalone comes from the Greek word apalos, meaning soft or tender, and spinifera is of Latin origin; spina-referring to thorn or spine and -ifer meaning bearing. This species is a member of the family Trionychidae, and one of the most distinguishing features of members in this family is the …

The painted turtle (C. picta) is the only species in the genus Chrysemys.The parent family for Chrysemys is Emydidae: the pond turtles. Emydidae is split into two sub families; Chrysemys is part of the Deirochelyinae (Western Hemisphere) branch. The four subspecies of the painted turtle are the eastern (C. p. picta), midland (C. p. marginata), southern (C. p. dorsalis), and …

Jonathan (hatched c. 1832) is a Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea), and is the oldest known living land animal. Jonathan resides on the island of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean

Synonyma. Chelonoidis nigra Harlan, 1827; Popis. Želva sloní může být až 1,3 m dlouhá a dosahuje hmotnosti až 300 kg. Tvar krunýře se liší podle poddruhu želvy: některé mají krunýř sedlovitý a v přední části klenutý, což jim umožňuje zvednout hlavu a dosáhnout tak i na vyšší zdroje potravy, jiné mají krunýř klenutý a živí se nižšími rostlinami.

The Czech and Slovak languages form the Czech–Slovak (or Czecho-Slovak) subgroup within the West Slavic languages.. Most varieties of Czech and Slovak are mutually intelligible, forming a dialect continuum (spanning the intermediate Moravian dialects) rather than being two clearly distinct languages; standardised forms of these two languages are, however, easily …

Geographic range. The Florida softshell turtle is found primarily in the state of Florida, but it also ranges to southern sections of South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. It is the only species of softshell turtle whose range spans the entire Florida peninsula. They are native to the southeastern United States.

Želva zelenavá je chráněná úmluvou CITES, kdy želvy spadají do skupiny CITES "A". Želva zelenavá konkrétně do přílohy ES "A" a do příloha CITES II. Vlastník (majitel) želvy potřebuje tedy CITES dokumenty ("registrační list exempláře ohroženého druhu živočicha nebo rostliny") a při prodeji či nákupu také výjimku ...

Želva stepní (Testudo horsfieldii), též želva čtyřprstá, patří k často chovaným druhům želv. Její domov leží na západním okraji Asie . Obsah