im doing research for an exotics class and i need to know the scientific names of male tortoises, female tortoises, and baby tortoises. anyone have a clue cuz im stuck. thanks bunches.
As far as I'm aware males and females are just male and female ... its the same with other reptile, they don't have specific names like other species for some bizarre reason. A baby would be a hatchling.
It depends on what kind of tortoise you are looking for. All animals are broken down into Kingdom, Phyllum, Class, Order, and Family. Here's a list I hope will help you out:
? Kingdom: Animalia
? Phylum Chordata
? Class: Reptilia
? Order: Testudines
The Order Testudines contains the following subgroups:
? Family: Carettochelyidae (pignose turtles)
? Family: Chelidae (Austro-American side-necked turtles)
? Family: Cheloniidae (sea turtles)
? Family: Chelydridae (snapping turtles and big-headed turtles)
? Family: Dermatemydidae (Mesoamerican river turtle)
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? Family: Dermochelyidae (leatherback turtle)
? Family: Emydidae (box turtles and pond turtles)
? Family: Kinosternidae (mud turtles and musk turtles)
? Family: Pelomedusidae (Afro-American side-necked turtles)
? Family: Testudinidae (tortoises)
? Family: Trionychidae (softshell turtles)
http://animals.about.com/od/tortoisesandturtles/p/turtles.htm
Also wikipedia has a nice breakdown of turtles .... Good luck on your paper!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Testudines_families
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