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Leopard Tortoise
Stigmochelys pardalis (Bell, 1828)
Stigmochelys pardalis, the leopard tortoise, is a large African herbivorous tortoise with distinctive shell markings, living 80–100 years.
African Spurred Tortoise
Centrochelys sulcata (Miller, 1779)
Centrochelys sulcata, the African spurred sulcata tortoise, is an endangered large tortoise native to the Sahara and Sahel.
Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Aldabrachelys gigantea (Schweigger, 1812)
Aldabrachelys gigantea, the Aldabra giant tortoise, is a large Seychelles-native tortoise with distinct size and shell variation based on habitat.
Serrated Hinged Terrapin
Pelusios sinuatus (Smith, 1838)
Pelusios sinuatus is the largest Pelusios species, found across tropical southern and eastern Africa in lakes and rivers.
Helmeted Turtle
Pelomedusa subrufa (Bonnaterre, 1789)
Pelomedusa subrufa, the African helmeted turtle, is a small African semiaquatic turtle with a non-hinged plastron.
Cape Terrapin
Pelomedusa galeata (Schoepff, 1792)
Pelomedusa galeata, the cape terrapin, is a freshwater turtle found across southern Africa with distinct seasonal reproduction.
Savanna Side-necked Turtle
Podocnemis vogli Müller, 1935
Podocnemis vogli, the savanna or Llanos side-necked turtle, is a South American Podocnemididae species endemic to the Orinoco Llanos.
Yellow-headed Sideneck
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848
Podocnemis unifilis is a large South American river turtle with distinctive yellow head spots that fade with age.
Giant South American Turtle
Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812)
Podocnemis expansa, the Arrau turtle, is the largest side-neck and Latin American freshwater turtle, threatened by human activity.
Magdalena River Turtle
Podocnemis lewyana Duméril, 1852
Podocnemis lewyana, the Magdalena River turtle, is a sexually dimorphic Neotropical freshwater turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination.
big-headed turtle
Platysternon megacephalum Gray, 1831
Platysternon megacephalum, the big-headed turtle, is a platysternid turtle found in rocky streams across Southeast Asia and southern China.
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
This is a detailed description of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), covering its traits, distribution, habitat, and reproduction.
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)
The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) is a circumtropical marine turtle that has experienced significant global population decline.
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys kempii Garman, 1880
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) is the smallest sea turtle, unique for nesting in the day, with a varied age and sex-based distribution.
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Eretmochelys imbricata, the hawksbill sea turtle, is a toxic, biofluorescent tropical reef sea turtle with distinct physical traits.
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chelonia mydas, the green sea turtle, is a widespread migratory marine turtle found in global tropical and subtropical oceans.
Flatback Sea Turtle
Natator depressus (Garman, 1880)
Natator depressus, the flatback turtle, is a small-range Australian sea turtle identifiable by its thin, flat-domed olive-green shell.
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
Dermochelys coriacea, the leatherback sea turtle, is the largest living turtle with a cosmopolitan global open ocean range.
Platypus
Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
Ornithorhynchus anatinus, the platypus, is a semiaquatic egg-laying monotreme mammal native to eastern Australia.
Short-beaked Echidna
Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792)
The short - beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is a monotreme with a low body temperature, adapted for digging, eating ants and termites, hibernating in winter, and having a unique reproductive process including laying eggs in a pouch and a complex sex - chromosome system.
Fat-tailed Dunnart
Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Gould, 1844)
Sminthopsis crassicaudata, the fat-tailed dunnart, is a small carnivorous marsupial found across most of Australia with trichromatic vision.
Slender-tailed Dunnart
Sminthopsis murina (Waterhouse, 1838)
The slender-tailed dunnart is an Australian dasyurid marsupial with two subspecies living in varied eastern habitats.
Brush-tailed Phascogale
Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793)
Phascogale tapoatafa, the brush-tailed phascogale, is a small Australian marsupial with a characteristic bottle-brush tail and unique male breeding mortality.
Swamp Antechinus
Antechinus minimus (É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)
Antechinus minimus, the swamp antechinus, is a shrew-like dasyurid marsupial with two subspecies occupying habitats across southern Australia.
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