Tortoises (/ˈtɔːr.təs.ɪz/) are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin for "tortoise"). Like other turtles, tortoises have a... 46 KB (4,422 words) - 16:00, 25 April 2024 |
The African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata), also called the sulcata tortoise, is an endangered species of tortoise inhabiting the southern edge... 21 KB (2,376 words) - 13:52, 13 March 2024 |
The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to the southeastern United States... 61 KB (6,729 words) - 21:28, 27 April 2024 |
The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of... 50 KB (6,086 words) - 20:27, 16 March 2024 |
The Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to the Seychelles, with... 25 KB (2,633 words) - 04:59, 24 April 2024 |
Giant tortoises are any of several species of various large land tortoises, which include a number of extinct species, as well as two extant species with... 33 KB (3,347 words) - 12:09, 26 April 2024 |
Turtles all the way down (redirect from Tortoise theory) stood, replied, "On a tortoise." But on what does the tortoise stand? "On another tortoise." With Mr. Barker, too, there are tortoises all the way down. (Vehement... 23 KB (3,055 words) - 08:01, 26 January 2024 |
"The Tortoise and the Hare" is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 226 in the Perry Index. The account of a race between unequal partners has attracted... 21 KB (2,421 words) - 11:13, 26 April 2024 |
The Black Tortoise is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is usually depicted as a tortoise intertwined with a snake. The pictogram... 12 KB (1,237 words) - 13:15, 18 March 2024 |
Look up tortoise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A tortoise is a land-dwelling reptile, protected by a shell, of the order Testudines. Tortoise may also... 1 KB (209 words) - 03:03, 23 October 2022 |
Island tortoise (Chelonoidis niger abingdonii), also known as the Pinta giant tortoise, Abingdon Island tortoise, or Abingdon Island giant tortoise, is a... 24 KB (2,364 words) - 20:05, 15 March 2024 |
World Turtle (redirect from World-Tortoise (Hindu)) Turtle or the World-bearing Turtle, is a mytheme of a giant turtle (or tortoise) supporting or containing the world. It occurs in Hindu mythology, Chinese... 9 KB (982 words) - 03:46, 3 April 2024 |
Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni) is a species of tortoise native to Europe. The specific epithet, hermanni, honors French naturalist Johann Hermann... 23 KB (2,389 words) - 22:47, 29 March 2024 |
Zeno's paradoxes (redirect from Achilles and the Tortoise) argues that a swift runner like Achilles cannot overtake a slower moving tortoise with a head start, because the distance between them can be infinitely... 44 KB (4,787 words) - 03:39, 19 April 2024 |
The elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) is a species of tortoise found in Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia. Shell considerably depressed, more... 9 KB (933 words) - 14:44, 4 April 2024 |
Giant tortoises are any of various large land tortoises Giant tortoise or giant tortoises may also refer to: Galápagos giant tortoise, Chelonoidis nigra... 3 KB (387 words) - 15:12, 15 October 2019 |
1830 – 23 June 2006) was a Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis niger, specifically a western Santa Cruz tortoise C. n. porteri) who had an estimated age... 15 KB (1,707 words) - 20:11, 17 February 2024 |
The leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) is a large and attractively marked tortoise found in the savannas of eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan... 14 KB (1,230 words) - 23:34, 7 April 2024 |
The red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius) is a species of tortoise from northern South America. These medium-sized tortoises generally average... 45 KB (6,110 words) - 03:34, 6 April 2024 |
The Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) is a threatened tortoise species native to India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka where it inhabits dry areas and... 14 KB (1,641 words) - 04:47, 22 April 2024 |
TortoiseSVN is a Subversion client, implemented as a Microsoft Windows shell extension, that helps programmers manage different versions of the source... 4 KB (248 words) - 17:30, 23 April 2024 |