iucn2.3 image Gopherus agassizii.jpg image caption Agassiz s deserttortoise, G. agassizii regnum ... morafkai are species of tortoise native to the Mojave desert and Sonoran desert of the southwestern ... California DesertTortoise , Feb 11, 2011 ref Gopherus agassizii is distributed in western Arizona ... s DesertTortoise Gopherus agassizii and Morafka s DesertTortoise Gopherus morafkai . ref name ... are skinnier and very long. Habitat File DesertTortoise.JPG thumb left Agassiz s deserttortoise ... s and invertebrate s. Scientists have divided the deserttortoise into two types the Agassiz ..., Mexico. An isolated population of Agassiz s DesertTortoise occurs in the Black Mountains of northwestern ... significant challenges for the population at large. Diet File deserttortoise tds.jpg 230px thumb ... deserttortoise The deserttortoise is a herbivore . Grasses form the bulk of its diet nutrition ... Sonoran DesertTortoise with visible Chin Glands eats some strawberries. Males will circle around females ... s, Geococcyx roadrunner s, coyote s, and fire ants are all natural predators of the deserttortoise ..., Bromus rubens and Erodium spp . Deserttortoise populations in some areas have declined by as much ... of Wildlife Resources DesertTortoise Adoption Program in Utah , in California through the Joshua ... DesertTortoise Habitat, a designation by the US Fish and Wildlife Service . In March 2008, about ... in the National Training Center area. Another potential threat to the deserttortoise s habitat is a series ... to build a landfill in Kern County, a site near the DesertTortoise Natural Area DTNA , to dump ... Megadump Initiative Threat to DTNA and 2005 Annual Report DesertTortoise Preserve Committee Accomplishments & Activities , Tortoise Tracks. April 2006 ref Conservation Efforts The DesertTortoise Preserve Committee protects approximately 5,000 acres of deserttortoise habitat from human activity ..., fungi and parasites. More specifically, the deserttortoise Gopherus agassizii population has been ... more details
Deleted image removed Image Desert tortise.JPG 250px thumb 250px right DesertTortoise The DesertTortoise Natural Area DTNA is a convert 39.5 sqmi km2 sing on area northeast of California City , California set aside for the California State Reptile , the DesertTortoise . The area is located at the southwestern end of the Rand Mountains in the Mojave Desert , and has an interpretive center for visitors. The Bureau of Land Management recognized the significance of the area and designated it an Area of Critical Environmental Concern and as a Research Natural Area in 1980. References http www.tortoise tracks.org dtna.html DesertTortoise Preserve Committee, DesertTortoise Natural Area coord 35 10 13 N 117 54 01 W display title Category Protected areas of Kern County, California Category Protected areas of the Mojave Desert Category Bureau of Land Management areas in California Category Geography of Kern County, California California geo stub KernCountyCA geo stub ... more details
thumb DesertTortoise in Rainbow Basin near Barstow, California The number of concentric rings ... Tortoise Gopherus agassizii , DesertTortoise Texas Tortoise Gopherus berlandieri , Texas Tortoise ... image caption An Aldabra Giant Tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea taxon Testudinidae authority John Edward ... is the carapace , the underside is the plastron , and the two are connected by the bridge. The tortoise ... depending on the ambient temperatures. They are generally reclusive animals. Use of the term tortoise Image Tortoise head.jpg thumb left Adult male tortoise, South Africa Although the word is used ... to describe many land dwelling Testudines Turtle, tortoise, or terrapin turtles . The inclusiveness ... as tortoises if they live on land. American English tends to use the word tortoise for land dwelling species, including members of Testudinidae , as well as other species such as box tortoise s, though use of turtle for all chelonians is as common. Australian English uses tortoise for terrestrial species, including semi aquatic species that live near ponds and streams. Traditionally, a tortoise ... thumb left Young African Sulcata tortoise Female tortoises dig nesting burrows in which they lay ... articles eggfaq.html title Tortoise Trust Egg F.A.Q publisher Tortoisetrust.org date accessdate 2009 04 07 ref Egg laying typically occurs at night, after which the mother tortoise covers her clutch ... url http www.tortoisetrust.org articles eggfaq.html title Tortoise egg incubation publisher Tortoisetrust.org ... of a female tortoise often has a noticeable V shaped notch below the tail which facilitates ... tortoise would not. For example, it is common that the young of a strictly herbivory herbivorous ... is, but, since the growth of a tortoise depends highly on the accessibility of food and water a tortoise ... Department, Drs. Foster & Smith, Inc. title Shells Anatomy and Diseases of Turtle and Tortoise Shells ... . The oldest tortoise ever recorded, and one of the oldest individual animals ever recorded ... more details
Category Gopherus Bolson Tortoise Category Fauna of the Chihuahuan Desert Category Reptiles of the United ...Taxobox name Bolson tortoise status VU status system iucn2.3 image Itzelbolson1small.jpg image caption Bolson Tortoise image width 250px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Reptile Sauropsida ordo ... , 1959 The Bolson tortoise Gopherus flavomarginatus , also called the Mexican giant tortoise or Yellow margined tortoise , is a species of tortoise from North America . Of the four North American tortoise ... in a region of the Chihuahuan Desert known as the Bols n de Mapim , which is located in north central Mexico . Discovery File Mapimi Biosphere Reserve.jpg thumb left The Bolson tortoise was discovered ... and saw chickens eating out of a large tortoise shell. They inquired about the origin of the shell ... of the desert. In 1979 the 340,000 hectare Mapimi Biosphere Reserve was created to protect the Bolson Tortoise and other unique flora and fauna of the Bols n de Mapim . Despite this designation, cattle ranching and mining still occur in the Reserve. Whether this is detrimental to the tortoise is not known ... of its range locals are keenly aware of the tortoise s protected status and aid in its conservation. However, in the northeastern portion of its range, near La Sierra Mojada, populations of the tortoise ... within the Mapimi Biosphere Reserve. Farms have been tilled in tortoise habitat, despite its protected ... central New Mexico , a Chihuahuan desert environment within the prehistoric range of this species ... tortoise conservation, were originally brought to Arizona from Durango , Mexico by Dr. David Morafka in 1973. Four tortoises from the Appleton population were established at the Living Desert ... Tortoise was recently brought to the world s attention when in August 2005 a provocative article ... to the continent to create a Pleistocene Rewilding Pleistocene Park . The Bolson tortoise was the first species proposed for this restoration effort. The tortoise is unique in that, unlike mammoths ... more details
Advert date February 2009 File Green Tortoise 1993.jpg thumb A Green Tortoise tour group on a break, December 1993 The Green Tortoise is a bus tour company founded by Gardner Kent in 1974 ref www.greentortoise.com ..., particularly Europeans. Buses Green Tortoise buses are customized so that passengers can lounge ... of traveling so that sights can be seen during the day. The social environment on Green Tortoise ... Official Green Tortoise website ref and include fresh produce. There are usually opportunities for camping during a Tortoise trip. Itineraries prioritise stops at places of natural and cultural interest, such as hot springs, over the traditional tourist sites. Green Tortoise has historically ... the Green Tortoise as one of the top ten hostels in North America in its 2009 annual awards. ref name ... North American hostel. Also in the Top 10 were HI hostel in Portland, Ore., ... and the Green Tortoise ... Trip, attempt at becoming Tortoise driver in Part 5 Further reading It was, like, real Green Tortoise ... Post, June 21, 1998 pE01 Slow, but steady with the Green Tortoise Bus line, getting there is half the fun. adventure tours bus line Steve Wilson. E, May June 1998 v9 n3 p46 2 Tortoise on a desert run relive the days when getting there was half the fun. Green Tortoise bus tours T. Kelly Rossiter. Vegetarian Times, Sept 1995 n217 p92 3 A 1990 s road trip worthy of Kerouac. Green Tortoise bus tours .... Green Tortoise offers travel and living in a bus Eric Hubler. The New York Times, March 8, 1992 v141 s5 pXX41 N pXX41 L col 1 27 col in Trip on the Tortoise can be hair raising if you aren t hip rolling remnant of the 1960s, a bus unlike Greyhound, still plies the West Coast. Green Tortoise a gypsy ... col 4 29 col in Touring with Green Tortoise this California based company offers the ultimate in adventure travel by motorcoach. Green Tortoise Tours Focus Group Travel Susan O Gorman. Travel Weekly .... DEFAULTSORT Green Tortoise Category Burning Man Category Intercity bus companies of the United States ... more details
, 1903 The pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri is a flat shelled tortoise native to Tanzania ... tortoise has an unusually thin, flat, flexible shell, which is up to convert 17.8 cm in long. ref ... 1992 http www.tortoise.org archives malaco.html Pancake Tortoise, Malacochersus tornieri . Tortuga Gazette, 28 11 1 3. ref While the shell bones of most other tortoises are solid, the pancake tortoise ... dark lines on each scute shell plate , helping to camouflage the tortoise in its natural dry habitat ... Its bizarre, flattened, pancake like profile makes this tortoise a sought after animal in zoological ... Tortoise , Malacochersus tornieri February 2007 . ref Distribution and habitat This East African species ... semi desert characterized by Acacia Commiphora bushland and Brachystegia woodland in upland localities .... ref name bristol http www.bristolzoo.org.uk learning animals reptiles pancake tortoise Bristol ... and early evening. The diet primarily consists of dry grasses and vegetation. The pancake tortoise ... make a dash for the nearest rock crevice. ref name cdr Since this tortoise could easily be torn ... tortoise to crawl into narrow rock crevices to avoid potential predators, ref name cdr thus exploiting an environment that no other tortoise is capable of using. ref name kirk Threats and conservation The greatest threats facing the pancake tortoise are habitat destruction and over harvesting for trade ... rate of this tortoise, populations that have been harvested may take a long time to recover. Suitable ... a negative impact on this tortoise. ref name cites The pancake tortoise is classified as vulnerable ... of the pancake tortoise unless given written permission by the Minister for the Environment and Natural ... of these quotas are thought to occur. The European Union banned the import of the pancake tortoise .... ref name cites The pancake tortoise has been bred in captivity and is now the subject of a coordinated ... External links http www.reptilesweb.com reptiles section tortoise world pancake tortoise.html Pancake ... more details
the impact of sunlight. This allows the paler tortoise to stay in the desert heat for longer. It is also an effective camouflage in the desert. The bottom of the shell is light yellow, often with two dark triangles on each abdominal scute . The tortoise s scutes have dark sidings that fade with age ...Taxobox name Kleinmann s Tortoise image Testudo kleinmanni.jpg image width 250px image caption Egyptian Tortoise status CR status system iucn3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Sauropsida ordo Turtle Testudines subordo Cryptodira familia Tortoise Testudinidae genus Testudo genus Testudo ... kleinmanni Gmira, 1993? br Testudo werneri small Per l , 2001 small Kleinmann s Tortoise Testudo kleinmanni , often called Egyptian Tortoise and occasionally Leith s Tortoise . It is a critically endangered Cryptodira neck hiding tortoise . Once more widespread, its numbers are now dwindling. The species ... tortoise Kleinmann s Tortoise is the smallest tortoise in the northern hemisphere. Verify source ... ref It has been proposed to unite this species with the Marginated Tortoise in the genus Chersus . These clearly share a common ancestor with the Spur thighed Tortoise Greek Tortoise . The former two are somewhat more similar to each other than to the Greek Tortoise regarding DNA sequence data. ref ... subpopulation has been separated as a distinct species, Negev Tortoise Testudo werneri . It does ... specimens of the Libyan Tortoise left and Egyptian Tortoise right , dorsal view Image Piastrone ... see also above . gallery Habitat and ecology Kleinmann s Tortoises live in desert s and semi arid ... s. Reproduction Kleinmann s Tortoise becomes sexually mature when about 10 20 years old. In the wild ... Mediterranean tortoise, the T. kleinmanni may make a mating call similar to the call of the Mourning ... Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN Redlist, Kleinmann s Tortoise is classified as CR ... it is notable that there may be a haplotype uniquely found in the Egyptian Tortoise ... more details
This article is about a single species of tortoise. For related species in North America that are also ... image size 240px image caption Gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus regnum Animal ia phylum ... Marie Daudin Daudin , 1802 The gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus is a species of the Gopherus genus native to the southeastern United States . The gopher tortoise is seen as a keystone species because ... predation and habitat destruction . The gopher tortoise is a representative of the genus Gopherus , which contains the only tortoises native to North America. This species of gopher tortoise is the state reptile of Georgia and the state tortoise of Florida. ref name FL tortoise news cite news ... Florida tortoise law cite web title 15.03861. Official state tortoise. History. s. 2, ch. 2008 34 ... tortoise is a fairly large terrestrial turtle which possesses forefeet well adapted for burrowing ... to protect the tortoise while burrowing. They are dark brown to gray black in overall color, with a yellow ... tortoise hatchlings are yellow, but they take on a darker color as they mature. Gopher tortoises are Herbivory ... UW048 title Gopher Tortoise A Species in Decline accessdate 2009 11 15 last Puckett first Catherine coauthors Richard Franz year 2001 publisher Gopher Tortoise Council ref In addition, gopher tortoises ... title Gopher tortoise fact sheet accessdate 2009 11 15 date 2007 10 12 publisher Outreach Program ... October 2010 bot H3llBot ref Burrowing File Gopher tortoise entering burrow.JPG thumb 200px Gopher tortoise ... a small home range. Within their range they dig several burrows. On average, each gopher tortoise needs ... Polyphemus DAUDIN 1802 , Encyclopedia of Life, 2010. ref The gopher tortoise reaches maturity at about ... File Gopher tortoise shell up.jpg thumb Bleached shell of dead gopher tortoise Since July 7, 1987, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed Gopher tortoise as Threatened wherever the tortoises ... name Species Profile cite web title Species Profile for Gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus url http ... more details
The Mediterranean tortoise is a common name of a group of tortoises in the genus Testudo genus Testudo including Hermann s tortoise , and the Spur thighed tortoise . References http www.swallowaquatics.co.uk pdf mediterranean tortoises.pdf Mediterranean tortoises http www.tortoisetrust.org articles Basicmedcare.htm Tortoise Trust Web Basic care of Mediterranean tortoises. Portal Turtles Testudinidae DEFAULTSORT Mediterranean Tortoise Category Testudo genus Turtle stub ... more details
wiktionarypar tortoise A tortoise is a land dwelling reptile, protected by a shell, of the order Testudines. Tortoise may also refer to Tortoise band , a US post rock band formed in 1990 Tortoise heavy assault tank , a British heavy assault gun Tortoise formation , a defensive formation employed in Ancient Roman warfare Tortoise Matsumoto born 1966 , a lead singer of a Japanese rock band Ulfuls Tortoises, a 1921 short volume of poetry by D. H. Lawrence containing poems later collected in Birds, Beasts and Flowers 1923 See also Hare disambiguation , for Tortoise and Hare stories TortoiseCVS , a GUI integrated CVS client for the Microsoft Windows platform TortoiseHg , a GUI integrated Mercurial client for the Microsoft Windows platform TortoiseSVN , a GUI integrated Subversion client for the Microsoft Windows platform TortoiseGit , a GUI integrated Git client for the Microsoft Windows platform TortoiseBzr , a GUI integrated Bazaar client for the Microsoft Windows platform Tortoiseshell disambiguation Turtle disambiguation disambig de Tortoise fr Tortoise homonymie ja simple Tortoise disambiguation ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Tortoise Type Album Artist Tortoise band Tortoise Cover TortoiseTortoise album cover .jpg Released June 22, 1994 Recorded November 29, 1993 December 5 1993 Genre Post rock br Experimental rock br Jazz fusion Length 50 03 Label Thrill Jockey small THRILL013 small Producer Reviews Allmusic Rating 4.5 5 Allmusic class album id r203394 pure url yes link Last album This album Tortoise br 1994 Next album Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters br 1995 Tortoise is the debut studio album by Chicago, Illinois Chicago instrumental rock band music band Tortoise band Tortoise , released in 1994 on the Thrill Jockey record label . The album is dedicated to the memory Michael F. Cergizan, who was a member of bassist Doug McCombs , and John Herndon s both current members of Tortoise band Simple. in 1988. Track listing Magnet Pulls Through 4 37 Night Air 3 50 Ry Cooder 7 04 Onions Wrapped in Rubber 6 40 Tin Cans & Twine 4 20 Spiderwebbed 8 33 His Second Story Island 2 41 On Noble 4 05 Flyrod 3 29 Cornpone Brunch 4 44 DEFAULTSORT Tortoise Album Tortoise Category 1994 albums Category Tortoise albums Category Thrill Jockey albums 1990s indie rock album stub gl Tortoise lbum pt Tortoise lbum ... more details
Taxobox name Texas Tortoise status LR lc status system IUCN2.3 image Gopherus berlandieri.jpg regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Reptile Sauropsida ordo Testudines subordo Cryptodira superfamilia Testudinoidea familia Testudinidae genus Gopherus species G. berlandieri binomial Gopherus berlandieri binomial authority Louis Agassiz Agassiz , 1857 synonyms Xerobates berlandieri br small Louis Agassiz Agassiz , 1857 small br Testudo berlandieri br small George Albert Boulenger Boulenger , 1889 small br Gopherus polyphemus berlandieri br small Robert Mertens Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 small The Texas Tortoise Gopherus berlandieri , is one of four species of tortoise that are native to North America . Its range extends from southern Texas southward into the Mexico Mexican states of Coahuila , Nuevo .... sup http ebeltz.net herps biogappx.html sup As such, some sources refer to it as Berlandier s Tortoise . Behavior The Texas Tortoise, unlike other species of gopher tortoise, are not adept burrowers ... tortoise, are common in these areas. They especially like the fruit of cacti such as the opuntia ... Tortoise is listed as a threatened species in the state of Texas, and thus protected by state law. It is illegal to collect or possess them. Gallery gallery File Texas Tortoise Gopherus berlandieri.jpg File Texas Tortoise Beeville TX June 2011.jpg File Texas Tortoise close up Beeville TX June 2011.jpg File Texas Tortoise Gular Scute Beeville TX June 2011.jpg gallery References IUCN2006 assessors Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group year 1996 id 9401 title Gopherus berlandieri ... huntwild wild species txtort Texas Tortoise http www.turtlesarchive.com care sheets texas tortoise.php Texas Tortoise care sheet Testudinidae Category Gopherus Category Fauna of Northeastern Mexico Tortoise, Texas Category Reptiles of the United States Tortoise, Texas Category Reptiles of Mexico Tortoise, Texas ca Gopherus berlandieri es Gopherus berlandieri fr Goph re du Texas it Gopherus ... more details
Infobox Painting image file Osman Hamdi Bey 001.jpg alt image size 274px title The Tortoise Trainer other language 1 Turkish other title 1 Kaplumba a Terbiyecisi artist Osman Hamdi Bey year 1906 type height width height inch width inch city museum The Tortoise Trainer Turkish language Turkish Kaplumba a Terbiyecisi is a painting painted by Osman Hamdi Bey in 1906 and 1907 two versions . In 2004 it was sold for 3.5M. References http www.todayszaman.com columnist 173054 the tortoise trainer.html The Tortoise Trainer . Today s Zaman . Category 1900s paintings tr Kaplumba a Terbiyecisi ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Tortoise image TortoiseChicago2008.jpg caption Tortoise playing at the Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago , August 2008 image size landscape yes ... Herndon br John McEntire past members Bundy K. Brown br David Pajo Tortoise is an United States American ... Tortoise s almost entirely instrumental rock instrumental music defies easy categorization, and the group ... music scene, playing in various indie rock and punk rock punk groups. Tortoise was among the first ... dominated indie rock for years. Some have cited Tortoise as being one of the prime forces behind the development ... genre cmj essay.htm title From Tull To Tortoise Post Rock s Proggy Past first Jim last Allen publisher CMJ ref ref name Stylus cite web url http www.stylusmagazine.com reviews tortoise a lazarus taxon.htm title Review of Tortoise s A Lazarus Taxon first Todd last Hutlock publisher Stylus Magazine accessdate 2006 11 28 date 2006 09 01 ref Others, however, have characterised Tortoise s music as being heavily indebted to progressive rock . ref name CMJ Other groups related to Tortoise include The Sea ... Underground Duo . Tortoise records on the Thrill Jockey label. History The group s origins lie in the late ... tempo, Tortoise album Tortoise slowly garnered praise and attention, due in part to the unusual instrumentation ... year end best of lists, and the 20 minute Djed was described by critic John Bush as proof that Tortoise ... Bush, John. Allmusic class album id r231023 pure url yes Review Allmusic AMG for 1996 Tortoise album ... Offbeat A Red Hot Soundtrip produced by the Red Hot Organization . In 1998 in music 1998 , Tortoise released TNT Tortoise album TNT , arguably their most jazz inflected album. Pajo had been replaced by Jeff Parker, who has a strong jazz background. 2001 in music 2001 led to Standards Tortoise album Standards , where Tortoise incorporated more electronic sounds and post production into its music ... day of the same event. It s All Around You was released in 2004. In 2006, Tortoise collaborated with Will Oldham ... more details
unreferenced date February 2011 Taxobox image Cassida viridis01.jpg image caption Cassida viridis regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Beetle Coleoptera familia Chrysomelidae subfamilia Hispinae subdivision ranks Tribes subdivision several see text The tortoise beetles are an artificial grouping of tribes within the leaf beetle subfamily Hispinae . In past classifications, they have been variously placed as a family Cassidae or a subfamily Cassidinae when it was recognized that this group was not monophyletic , it was split and the resulting tribes were incorporated into the Hispinae. Some of the tribes that are considered tortoise beetles in the historic sense are the Cassidini , Dorynotini , Hemisphaerotini , Ischyrosonychini , and Mesomphaliini . Their common name arose from the superficial resemblance some species bear to tortoise s, the elytra being analogised with the tortoise s carapace . Some species are easily mistaken by non entomologist s as coccinellidae ladybugs ladybirds . See also Acromis spinifex External links http www.biol.uni.wroc.pl cassidae katalog 20internetowy index.htm Interactive key to the Cassidini http entomology.ifas.ufl.edu creatures veg potato tortoise beetle.htm Chelymorpha cribraria , tortoise beetle on the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Featured Creatures website http entomology.ifas.ufl.edu creatures orn palms hemisphaerota cyanea.htm Hemisphaerota cyanea , palmetto tortoise beetle on the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Featured Creatures website Commons category inline Cassidinae wikispecies inline Cassidinae DEFAULTSORT Tortoise Beetle Category Chrysomelidae Chrysomelidae stub cs Cassidinae de Schildk fer fr Casside ka ja no Skjoldbiller ru tl Cassidinae vi Tortoise beetle ... more details
Tortoise Matsumoto T tasu Matsumoto , born December 28, 1966 as Atsushi Matsumoto is the lead singer ref cite news title Pouch Light Tortoise Matsumoto url http kpopunderworld.wordpress.com 2010 02 20 pouch light tortoise matsumoto accessdate 30 December 2010 newspaper Kpop Underworld date 20 February 2010 ref of the Japan ese guitar group, Ulfuls . He has also had a couple of acting roles in TV Japanese television drama dramas , starting with Namida o Fuite in 2000 . Trigun character Nicholas D. Wolfwood is modeled after him. References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Matsumoto, Tortoise ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Matsumoto, Tortoise Category Japanese musicians Category Japanese male singers Category Living people japan musician stub ja tl Tortoise Matsumoto ... more details
Infobox video game title image File Turbo the Tortoise Cover.jpg alt Turbo the Tortoise cover Commodore 64 250px caption Turbo the Tortoise cover Commodore 64 aspect ratio resolution developer Visual Impact publisher Hi Tec Software br re release Codemasters designer director producer artist Jarrod Bentley, Dennis Mulliner writer composer Gerard Gourley engine released 1992 genre Platform game Platform modes Single player ratings platforms ZX Spectrum , Amstrad CPC , Commodore 64 media Compact audio cassette Cassette requirements 48K RAM ZX Spectrum br 64K RAM Amstrad CPC Commodore 64 input Computer keyboard Keyboard , Joystick Turbo the Tortoise is a platform video game published in 1992 by Hi Tec Software, developed by Visual Impact for the ZX Spectrum , Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 . ref http www.worldofspectrum.org infoseekid.cgi?id 0005466 Turbo the Tortoise on World of Spectrum ref Plot Turbo , initially named Wal is a pet tortoise of a scientist named Dr. Mulliner , which one day hibernates inside his Matter doesn t Matter chamber. Dr. Mulliner and his assistant Beckett , unaware of this fact, decide to start the generators to make way for his latest experiment on cybernetic technology. While the experiment itself is a disaster and part of the equipment is damaged due to the presence of the tortoise on the chamber, this granted Turbo with Super Tortoise Powers . Since the experiment ... rev1Score 94 ref name YSReview cite journal title Turbo the Tortoise journal Your Sinclair issue ... journal last Rand first Paul title Turbo the Tortoise journal Sinclair User issue 126 year 1992 ... first Phil title Turbo the Tortoise journal Zzap 64 issue 86 year 1992 month July page 57 ref Awards award1Pub Your Sinclair award1 YS Megagame Turbo the Tortoise was well received with highly positive ... award of recognition stating Turbo the Tortoise is a superb game. It s thoroughly playable and wonderfully ... game turbo the tortoise Turbo the Tortoise on Mobygames DEFAULTSORT Turbo The Tortoise Category ... more details
Taxobox name Bowsprit Tortoise image Chersina angulata tortoise.jpg regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Reptile Sauropsida ordo Testudines subordo Cryptodira superfamilia Testudinoidea familia Testudinidae genus Chersina species C. angulata binomial Chersina angulata binomial authority Schweigger , 1812 ref http www.iucn tftsg.org chersina angulata 030 IUCN tftsg.org ref The Bowsprit tortoise Chersina angulata , also known as the Angulate tortoise or Rooipens , is a species of tortoise found in dry areas and scrubland scrub forest in South Africa . This tortoise in the monotypic only known member of the genus Chersina . Description A small, shy tortoise with a relatively variable shell. They can often be distinguished by their prominent bowsprits , which are protrusions from their plastrons under their chins. These are used by males to fight for territory or females. ref http www.arkive.org angulate tortoise chersina angulata text Description ref Natural Range Their natural habitat is the Fynbos , Karoo and coastal scrub vegetation of the south western part of South Africa . This natural range extends across the Cape Floristic Region , as far north as the southern part of Namibia. In addition, small colonies have been introduced by tourists to domestic gardens in Swakopmund and Walvis Bay , further north in central Namibia. There is also a colony on Dassen Island , off the South African coast. ref http www.arkive.org angulate tortoise chersina angulata text Range ref The Bowsprit Tortoise in captivity The Bowsprit tortoise is commonly kept as a garden pet in South Africa . It is also increasingly threatened by illegal collecting for the pet trade. Outside of their natural range and climate they do not usually survive well, so when exported overseas, these pets ... healthy if fed only on lettuce. This tortoise, like most reptiles , also needs to be able to regulate ... then it also should be well fenced, so that the tortoise does not wander into the nearby streets ... more details
Taxobox image A. gigantea Aldabra Giant Tortoise.jpg image width 200px image caption Aldabra giant tortoise ... coauthors Tonni, E. P. Soibelzon, L. title The Broken Zig Zag Late Cenozoic large mammal and tortoise ... of various extinct giant tortoise species seems to correlate with the arrival of humans, direct ... by whalers in the centuries that followed whaling skippers were almost lyrical in their praise of tortoise ... tortoise was succulent meat and the oil from their bodies as pure as butter, but best of all, the giants ... tortoise two more are claimed to exist in captive or re released populations, but some genetic studies ... or more. The Madagascar radiated tortoise Tu i Malila was 188 at death in Tonga in 1965. Harriet tortoise Harriet initially thought to be one of the three Gal pagos tortoise s brought back to England ... March 2006, an Aldabra giant tortoise named Adwaita died at Alipore Zoological Gardens in Kolkata ... species. Species and subspecies Cylindraspis indica R union giant tortoise extinct Cylindraspis inepta Saddle backed Mauritius giant tortoise extinct Cylindraspis peltastes Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise extinct Cylindraspis triserrata Domed Mauritius giant tortoise extinct Cylindraspibvgvs vosmaeri Saddle backed Rodrigues giant tortoise extinct Dipsochelys hololissa Seychelles giant tortoise extinct in the wild Dipsochelys arnoldi Arnold s giant tortoise extinct in the wild Aldabrachelys gigantea Dipsochelys dussumieri Aldabra giant tortoise Chelonoidis nigra Gal pagos tortoise Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni Lonesome George Abingdon Island tortoise Extinction extinct in the wild Chelonoidis nigra becki Gal pagos tortoise Volcan Wolf tortoise Chelonoidis nigra chathamensis Gal pagos tortoise Chatham Island tortoise Chelonoidis nigra darwini Gal pagos tortoise James Island tortoise Chelonoidis nigra elephantopus Gal pagos tortoise Charles Island tortoise thought to be extinct in the wild ref http www.bbc.co.uk news science environment 16467397 Extinct Galapagos tortoise may still exist ref ... more details
Two other uses the fable the board game Hare and Tortoise the cartoon The Tortoise and the Hare film File Tortoise and hare rackham.jpg thumb right 300px The Tortoise and the Hare , from an edition of Aesop s Fables illustrated by Arthur Rackham , 1912 The Tortoise and the Hare also known as The Hare and the Tortoise is a fable attributed to Aesop and is number 226 in the Perry Index . The story concerns a hare who ridicules a slow moving tortoise and is challenged by him to a race. The hare soon leaves the tortoise behind and, confident of winning, decides to take a nap midway through the course ... Ecclesiastes 9.11 . In Classical times it was not the Tortoise s plucky conduct in taking ... url http knol.google.com k aesop s fable the tortoise and the hare title Aesop s Fable The Tortoise ... The True Tale of the Tortoise and the Hare . In it the hare realises the stupidity of the challenge and refuses to proceed any further. The obstinate Tortoise continues to the finishing line and is proclaimed ... shortly after. It came up over the weald by night with a great wind. The Hare and the Tortoise ... in the forest. They sent the Tortoise. ref cite web url http www.fullbooks.com Fifty One Tales.html ... date accessdate 2012 03 24 ref wikisource specified The Hare and the Tortoise Aesop French poet Jean ... title The Tortoise and the Hare, and Other Races between Unequal Contestants publisher Pitt.edu date ... is impossible to define satisfactorily. The second of Zeno s paradoxes is that of Achilles and the Tortoise, in which the hero gives the Tortoise a head start in a race. The argument attempts to show that even though Achilles runs faster than the Tortoise, he will never catch up with her because, when Achilles reaches the point at which the Tortoise started, the Tortoise has advanced some distance beyond when Achilles arrives at the point where the Tortoise was when Achilles arrived at the point where the Tortoise started, the Tortoise has again moved forward. Hence Achilles can never catch the Tortoise ... more details
, 1879 The Tortoise and the Birds is a fable of probably folk origin, early versions of which are found ... a talkative Tortoise appears in the Buddhist scriptures as the Kacchapa Jataka . ref http www.archive.org stream jatakatales00fran page 180 mode 2up search tortoise Jataka Tales , H.T.Francis ... of a talkative king who finds in his courtyard a tortoise that has fallen from the sky and split in two. His adviser explains that this had come about as a result of talking too much. A tortoise had ... hold a stick in their beaks while the tortoise would grasp it in his mouth, but he must be careful not to talk ... the tortoise and her friends live in a lake that is beginning to dry up. Pitying the future suffering ... the comments of people in the city they are passing, the tortoise tells them to mind their own ... ref The story of the tortoise and the birds appears in a section illustrating the sentiment that a man ... . For him the story illustrates human vanity and imprudence. His tortoise tires of living in the same ... this collection ref Versions in Aesop s Fables File Tortoise and birds Jacobs .JPG thumb right 240px ... concerning a tortoise and various birds ascribed to Aesop s Fables Aesop , one in the Greek of Babrius and the other in the Latin of Phaedrus fabulist Phaedrus . In the Greek version, a tortoise yearns ... with tellings of the Indian version of the fable. The tortoise s discontent is supplied to La Fontaine s fable from this source, as it is in Jefferys Taylor s poem The Tortoise . ref http www.archive.org ... relates how an eagle has seized a tortoise but cannot eat it because of the protective shell. A passing ... behind by the rocks, the crow flies off with the fallen tortoise before the eagle can return. African fables An Igbo fable concerning the tortoise and the birds has gained wide distribution because ... blog2 2009 05 31 a tortoise story Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart , Ibadan NG, 1958, chapter 11 ref The tortoise, who is a West African trickster figure, hears of a feast to be given by the sky dwellers ... more details
Taxobox name Forsten s Tortoise status EN status system iucn2.3 image PeltastesForsteniFord.jpg image width 240px image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Reptilia ordo Testudines familia Testudinidae genus Indotestudo species I. forstenii binomial Indotestudo forstenii binomial authority Hermann Schlegel Schlegel & Salomon M ller M ller , 1844 synonyms Testudo forstenii br Geochelone forsteni range map range map width 250px range map caption Indotestudo forstenii , commonly called Forsten s Tortoise is a species of tortoise found on the Indonesian isle of Sulawesi Celebes . Indotestudo travancorica is found in the Western Ghats of India and has been considered as a synonym of I. forstenii previously but is now treated as a full species. References BiodiversConserv17 2037. IUCN2006 assessors Asian Turtle Trade Working Group year 2000 id 10825 title Indotestudo forstenii downloaded 11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered Boulenger, G.A. 1907 A new tortoise from Travancore. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 17 560 564. Iverson, John B., Phillip Q. Spinks, H. Bradley Shaffer, William P. McCord and Indraneil Das 2001 Phylogenetic relationships among the Asian tortoises of the genus Indotestudo Reptilia Testudines Testudinidae . Hamadryad 26 2 271 274 Pritchard, Peter C. H. 2000 Indotestudo travancorica. A Valid Species of Tortoise? Reptile & Amphibian Hobbyist 5 2 18 28. Radhakrishnan, C. 1998 Additional record of the travancore tortoise, Indotestudo forstenii Schlegel & Muller TestudinidaReptilia in Kerala Cobra 34 Oct. Dec. 19 20 External links NRDB species genus Indotestudo species forstenii http itgmv1.fzk.de www itg uetz herp photos Indotestudo forsteni1.jpg http studbooks.org Testudinidae Category Reptiles of Indonesia Category Indotestudo turtle stub ca Indotestudo forstenii es Indotestudo forstenii fr Indotestudo forstenii id Baning Sulawesi nl Travancore landschildpad ja ru sr Indotestudo ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Spider Tortoise image Pyxis Arachnoides Ste Marie Madagascar.jpg status CR status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Reptilia ordo Testudines familia Testudinidae genus Pyxis genus Pyxis species P. arachnoides binomial Pyxis arachnoides binomial authority Thomas Bell zoologist Bell , 1827 synonyms The Spider Tortoise Pyxis arachnoides is a species of tortoise in the Testudinidae family. It is Endemism endemic to Madagascar and is one of only two species in the genus Pyxis . References Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 19035 all Pyxis arachnoides . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007. Testudinidae Category Reptiles of Madagascar Category Pyxis genus Category Animals described in 1827 Turtle stub ca Pyxis arachnoides es Pyxis arachnoides fr Pyxis arachnoides nl Pyxis arachnoides ja ru tr r mcek kaplumba as zh ... more details
text small br Homopus burnesii br Testudinella horsfieldii The Russian tortoise , Horsfield s tortoise or Central Asian tortoise Agrionemys horsfieldii , is a species of tortoise that is a popular pet . It is named after the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield . Description The Russian tortoise is a small tortoise species, ranging from about 15 to 25 cm 5 8 inches for males, 6 10 ... Fritz et al. 2005 ref Some sources also list three separate subspecies of Russian Tortoise, but they are not widely ... The Russian tortoise ranges from Afghanistan to north western China , through the countries ... Relationship with humans In the wild, the Russian Tortoise is considered vulnerable to extinction ... assets caresheets turtles russian tortoise.pdf ref First tortoise in space br The first tortoise in space, and one of the first animals of any kind in deep space was a Russian Tortoise, sent ... ref Remarks The European Studbook Foundation maintains a stud book for Russian Tortoise. Footnotes ... assessors Aut Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group TFTSG year 1996 id 21651 title Testudo horsfieldii ... T.F.H. Publications, 1994. Wahlquist, H. Horsfield s tortoise, Agrionemys horsfieldii. Tortuga Gazette ... Russian Horsfield s Tortoise Care Information http www.turtletimes.com TurtleTimes Online Resource for Tortoises and Turtles http www.reptilesweb.com reptiles section tortoise world russian tortoise.html Russian Tortoise http www.reptilia2000.de Russian Horsfield s Tortoise Information http www.popularpets.net turtles care sheets russian tortoise.php Russian Tortoise care sheet http www.reptilia2000.de ... Russian Tortoise Category Testudo genus Category Reptiles of Afghanistan Category Reptiles of Kazakhstan ... Tortoise, Russian Category Reptiles of Turkmenistan Category Reptiles of Uzbekistan Category Reptiles of Iran Tortoise, Russian Category Pet turtles Category Animals described in 1844 ca Tortuga ... more details
1173955498.pdf ref It is one of the rarest tortoise species in the world Diet The geometric tortoise ... The geometric tortoise has lost 97 of its habitat , and only 2000 to 3000 individuals exist today. It is threatened ... African government has set aside restricted park lands for this unique tortoise, and there are laws ... Status of the Geometric Tortoise Psammobates geometricus Preliminary Results Jour. Herp. Ass. Afr ... Tortoise, Psammobates geometricus Jour. Herp. Ass. Afr. 39 8 12 Baard, E.H.W. 1995. Growth, age at maturity and sexual dimorphism in the geometric tortoise, Psammobates geometricus Jour. Herp ... of the Geometric Tortoise, Psammobates geometricus, in South Africa Herpetological Journal 3 ... Crumly. 1984. Land tortoise types in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Histoire with comments on nomenclature ... more details
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