Rafetus swinhoei

•  Turtle

  Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterised by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs that acts as a shield. "Turtle" may either refer to the Testudines as a whole, or to particular Testudines which make up a form taxon that is not monophyletic—see also sea turtle, terrapin, tortoise, and the discussion below. The order Testudines includes both extant (living) and extinct species.

  

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•  Red-eared slider

  The red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), known most commonly in the UK as the red-eared terrapin, is a semi-aquatic turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. It is a subspecies of pond slider. It is a native of the southern United States, but has become common in various areas of the world due to the pet trade. They are popular pets in the United States, the Netherlands, Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

  

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•  Tortoise

  Tortoises or land turtles are land-dwelling reptiles of the family of Testudinidae, order Testudines. Like their marine cousins, the sea turtles, tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell. The top part of the shell is the carapace, the underside is the plastron, and the two are connected by the bridge. The tortoise has both an endoskeleton and an exoskeleton. Tortoises can vary in size from a few centimeters to two meters.

  

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•  Chelydridae

  There are two extant species of the family Chelydridae: Chelydra serpentina, the Common Snapping Turtle, and its larger relative Macrochelys temminckii, the Alligator Snapping Turtle (although the monotypic Asian genus Platysternon has at times been included in this group). Both are endemic to the Western Hemisphere.

  

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•  Emydidae

  The Emydidae are the largest and most diverse family of Testudines. The family Emydidae includes more than 40 species in 12 genera. Members are distributed throughout North America, northern South America, Europe, northwestern Africa, and Asia. Emydids are primarily freshwater species, though some species inhabit brackish waters (Malaclemmys terrapin) or are terrestrial.

  

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•  Trionychidae

  Trionychidae is a taxonomic family which comprises a number of turtle genera commonly known as soft-shell turtles. It consists of some of the world's largest fresh water turtles, though many can adapt to living in highly brackish areas. Members of this family occur in Africa, Asia, North America, and Southeast Asia. North American members of genus Trionyx were fairly recently assigned the new genus name Apalone, though they are still listed semi-correctly as Trionyx in some texts.

  

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•  Mesoamerican River Turtle

  The Mesoamerican River Turtle (Dermatemys mawii) locally known as the "hickatee" or "tortuga blanca"-(white turtle) is the only species in the family Dermatemydidae. It is a nocturnal, aquatic turtle that lives in larger rivers and lakes in Central America, from southern Mexico to northern Honduras. It is considered an endangered species.

  

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•  Kinosternidae

  Kinosternidae is a family of mostly small turtles that includes the mud and musk turtles. The family Kinosternidae contains 25 species within 4 genera, but taxonomic reclassification is an ongoing process so many sources vary on the exact numbers of species and subspecies. They inhabit slow-moving bodies of water, often with soft, muddy bottoms and abundant vegetation.

  

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•  Chelidae

  The Chelidae are one of the two living families of the turtle suborder Pleurodira and are commonly called the Austro-South American Side Neck turtles. The Family is distributed in Australia, New Guinea, parts of Indonesia and throughout most of South America. It is a large family of turtles with a significant fossil history going back to the Cretaceous. The family is entirely Gondwanan in its origin with no members found outside of Gondwana, either in the present day or as a fossil.

  

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•  Pelomedusidae

  Pelomedusidae is a family of freshwater turtles, native to eastern and southern Africa. They range in size from 12 centimetres (4.7 in) to 45 centimetres (18 in) in shell length, and are generally roundish in shape. They are unable to fully withdraw their heads into their shells, instead drawing it to the side and folding it beneath the upper edge of the shell, and hence are called African side-necked turtles. The family contains a mere two living genera.

  

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•  Sea Lake, Victoria

  Sea Lake is a town in the Mallee district of north-west Victoria, Australia and is situated on the southern shores of Lake Tyrrell. The town is located on the Calder Highway, 351 kilometres (218 mi) north-west of Melbourne, and 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Swan Hill. Sea Lake is in the heart of Australia's "wheat belt", and is the main township for a number of wheat farms in the region. At the 2006 census, Sea Lake had a population of 634.

  

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•  Banded Martin

  The Banded Martin or Banded Sand Martin, Riparia cincta, is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. The Banded Martin is found in open habitats such as farmland, grassland and savannah, usually near water. It breeds across Africa from Cameroon and Zaire to Ethiopia south to the Cape in South Africa, although it is absent from the driest regions of western South Africa and southern Namibia.

  

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•  Meteors

  

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•  Kingdom of Italy (North Africa)

  

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•  Abronhill High

  Abronhill High School is a non-denominational, comprehensive, secondary school in Abronhill, a suburb of the Scottish new town of Cumbernauld. The school roll was 473 pupils in 2008. The school was the setting of the Scottish film Gregory's Girl (1981).

  

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