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With streamlined bodies and flipper like limbs they are graceful swimmers able to navigate across the oceans When they are active sea turtles must swim to the ocean surface to breathe every few minutes When they are resting they can remain un derwat. What is a Reptile?. Reptiles have a well-developed skull, a backbone and tail, four limbs.. Snakes will be limbless and turtles have hard shells that are fused with their vertebrae.. All reptiles have dry, scaly skin, lungs, and eggs on land.. Jessica Brown. Miila. Hall. Cold-blooded. Tetrapods. , four appendages. Considered as the first animals on land with the ability to live and multiply on land (amniotic egg). Amniotic egg- . a shelled, water-like sac that enables reptiles to complete their life cycles on dry land.. a cause for concern. Thomas Akre. Longwood University. Farmville, VA. The Tortoise and the Hare. Turtles: a cause for wonder. "Because they are still living, turtles are commonplace objects to us: were they entirely extinct, their shells – the most remarkable defensive armor ever assumed by a . by Christian. What is a Snapping . T. urtle?. A snapping turtle is a reptile with a shell their shell can be brown, dark green , and black.. They bite fast than snakes, but they move super slow, but when they swim in water they are gone the second you blink.. Turtles. (AND tortoises). By Avery Mclaughlin. . . How well do you know turtles?. Turtles are water-dwelling. Turtles are amphibians. Tortoises can swim . Turtles . are nearly as old as . NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources Michele T. Sharer The mouth of a this turtle species looks like the beak of a hawk, thus the name hawksbill was given to Pam Mackey Taylor. Conservation Chair. Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club. Photo by Mark . Rouw. Sierra Club believes the current year-round harvest of turtles is unsustainable. For all 4 harvested species. 2. Amniotic eggs have . membranes that protect the embryo from . desiccation, cushion the embryo, help with gas exchange, and store waste material.. 3. The amniotic eggs of reptiles and birds also have leathery or hard shells that protect the developing embryo, and a yolk that supplies food to them.. So You Want a Pet Turtle?. Turtles are not that hard to find!. Try checking out . The Turtle Source. . Petsmart. has some turtles for sale as well.. Even . Petco. . has a few options.. Turtles Need Proper Care!. Joint interest in sea turtle conservation identified at the 8. th. LMR Panel Meeting (June 2011). Focus on green sea turtles, loggerheads and leatherbacks. Workshop held April 10. ,. 20012 in Shanghai. April . 2017 . 4. th. grade . Where do turtles live? . MOST TURTLE SPECIES ARE FOUND IN THE SOUTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA AND SOUTH ASIA. . ONLY FIVE SPECIES OF TURTLES LIVE IN EUROPE.. SEA TURTLE ARE FOUND MOSTLY IN TROPICAL OCEANS. . Reptiles have a well-developed skull, a backbone and tail, four limbs.. Snakes will be limbless and turtles have hard shells that are fused with their vertebrae.. All reptiles have dry, scaly skin, lungs, and eggs on land.. 00 Dive 1 Watch this video about humpback whales Dive 2 Read about the significance of MnakaMaoliNative Hawaiian cultureDive 3 Experience a virtual dive with honugreen sea turtleswtirar itoiuaphonwitu Nasser Ben Qasem . 503-Biology . WIU . Turtles.  are . reptiles . of the . order . Testudines.  characterized by a special . bony . or. . cartilaginous shell. . The order Testudines includes both extant (living) and .