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rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Cryptodira
rdfs:comment
  • Cryptodira is the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles. Cryptodira differ from Pleurodira, or side-neck turtles, in that they lower their neck, and pull the head straight back into the shell, instead of folding the neck sideways along the body.
  • Cryptodira is the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles. Cryptodira differ from Pleurodira (side-neck turtles) in that they lower their necks and pull the heads straight back into the shells; instead of folding their necks sideways along the body under the shells' margins. They include among their species freshwater turtles, snapping turtles, tortoises, soft shell turtles, and sea turtles.
owl:sameAs
biname
  • Chelonia mydas
distrib
  • Worldwide
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subdivision ranks
Kingdom
  • Animalia
subordo authority
Name
  • Cryptodira
subordo
  • Cryptodira
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ordo
Image caption
iucn
  • IUCN 3.1
Title
  • Cryptodira
Class
Color
  • pink
Suborder
  • Cryptodira
Order
Image width
  • 200
lspan
  • Unknown
classis
Phylum
regnum
  • Animalia
abstract
  • Cryptodira is the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles. Cryptodira differ from Pleurodira, or side-neck turtles, in that they lower their neck, and pull the head straight back into the shell, instead of folding the neck sideways along the body.
  • Cryptodira is the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles. Cryptodira differ from Pleurodira (side-neck turtles) in that they lower their necks and pull the heads straight back into the shells; instead of folding their necks sideways along the body under the shells' margins. They include among their species freshwater turtles, snapping turtles, tortoises, soft shell turtles, and sea turtles.
is subordo of
is subdivision of
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