Swimming Turtle
by Brian Wallace
Title
Swimming Turtle
Artist
Brian Wallace
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the side-necked turtles and hidden neck turtles which differ in the way the head retracts. Wikipedia
Order: Testudines; Batsch, 1788
Class: Reptilia
Phylum: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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May 12th, 2022
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