Nota de aplicación
General term referring to members of the Testudines order that are land dwelling rather than aquatic, being four-footed reptiles in which the trunk is enclosed between a carapace and plastron, formed by the dorsal vertebrae, ribs, and sternum; the skin being covered with large horny plates, commonly called the shell.
Ubicación jerarquía
- faceta agentes
- .. organismo vivo (nombre jerárquico)
- .... organismo vivo (entidad)
- ...... Eucariota (dominio)
- ........ animal (reino)
- .......... Chordata (phylum)
- ............ vertebrado (filo)
- .............. Reptilia (clase)
- ................ Anapsida (subclass)
- .................. Testudines (order)
- .................... Cryptodira (suborder) [+]
- .................... sea turtles
- .................... terrapins
- .................... tortoises