Tortoises Sentence Examples

The land tortoises chiefly belong to the genus Cynyxis.

As for reptiles, Australia has a few tortoises, all of one family, and not of great size.

The reptiles (tortoises) are also nearly allied to the Mascarenes and Madagascar species which once existed.

Of the seven species of giant tortoises known to science (although at the discovery of the islands there were probably fifteen) all are indigenous, and each is confined to its own islet.

In addition Cuvier accepts the Linnaean subdivisions of Amphibia-Reptilia for the tortoises, lizards (including crocodiles), salamanders and frogs; and Amphibia-Serpentes for the snakes, apodal lizards and Caeciliae.

Turtles and tortoises are plentiful on the coast.

Several species of large fossil tortoises have also been discovered; they are quite different from the living ones of Aldabra, in the same zoological region.

No remains, and of course no living species, of these tortoises are known to exist or have existed on the mainland.

Some nine or ten other species of snakes are present, together with an abundance of lizards, including the Varanus, and most species of Mediterranean tortoises are represented.

Both these groups seem to have reached their climax but recently, while the tortoises, crocodiles and sphenodon are on the descending scale, mere remnants of formerly much more numerous and cosmopolitan development.

It occurs in two different forms. In the Ratitae, except Rhea, it consists mainly of a right and left united half (corpora fibrosa), with a deep longitudinal furrow on the dorsal side, and much resembles the same organ in crocodiles and tortoises.

They became in the middle of the 18th century dependencies of the French establishments at Bourbon (Reunion), whence expeditions were made for the capture of the giant tortoises.

In the Bathos he was classed with the parrots and the tortoises.

Rabbits, Tortoises and Guinea pigs also enjoy eating alfalfa for these reasons also but with added bonus of being good for their teeth.

Nutrobal is a high potency calcium balancer and multivitamin supplement to help bone growth in snakes, lizards and tortoises.

American bald eagles and gopher tortoises, as well as many endangered plants are found here.

In the wild, tortoises are opportunistic feeders and they will on occasion tackle carrion and dung.

Currently it includes Shetland ponies, pot-bellied pigs and birds, future additions may include chipmunks and tortoises.

Weeds is what tortoises need, and if you can find some dandelions in your garden this will be a good start.

Other highlights were the Aldabra Tortoises, the Wolf Snake and the very beautiful endemic geckos.

In order to maintain the tortoises in good health it is necessary to educate tortoise keepers on treatment of parasites.

These people will never get rich from breeding tortoises.

The donation was made via the Zooâs Shellshock Conservation Campaign which has been raising funds for endangered tortoises and turtles since October.

What sort of food do the breeders feed captive bread tortoises?

As far as I am aware these are the only 2 Egyptian tortoises for sale in the uk at the moment.

Horsfield's tortoises fed on cat or dog food frequently die from renal failure or from impacted bladder stones of solidified urates.

The new artisan makers of the okimono struck out a line for themselves, one influenced more by the naturalistic and popular schools than by the classical art, and the quails of Kamejo, the tortoises of Seimin, the dragons of Tun and TOryu, and in recent years the falcons and the peacocks of Suzuki Chokichi, are the joy of the European collector.

Large tortoises abound, and, in the `Ain el-'Arus pool, fresh-water turtles and carp. Of domestic Ritter, Erdkunde, xi.

Of reptiles there are the crocodile, confined to the Transkei rivers, several kinds of snakes, including the cobra di capello and puff adder, numerous lizards and various tortoises, including the leopard tortoise, the largest of the continental land forms. Of birds the ostrich may still be found wild in some regions.

In the same beds the remains of two, if not three, species of hippopotamus have been found, about two-thirds the size of the living South African species; also the bones and carapace, &c., of gigantic tortoises, and the bones of a crocodile, now extinct on the coast and rivers, but still living in the two chief lakes; also the remains of a river-hog, of a species of swine, and of a slender-legged form of zebu-ox.

Horsfield 's tortoises fed on cat or dog food frequently die from renal failure or from impacted bladder stones of solidified urates.

One of the most popular box turtle foods is Reptomin Soft Gel, which is a food that's soft, aromatic and good for box turtles as well as land turtles and tortoises.

Past elevations of land, however (and doubtless equally great subsidences) have taken place in South America since the Eocene, and the conclusion that extensive areas of land have subsided in the Indian Ocean has long been based on a somewhat similar distribution of giant tortoises in the Mascarene region.

Ceratochelys insculpta of the Fly river, a chelonian peculiar to New Guinea, is remarkable in having its nearest affinities (as have the Papuan tortoises) with South American species.

Among the reptiles are various species of serpents, tortoises, turtles, lizards, &c. Locusts are common and sometimes do great damage.

He has applied the theory with especial ingenuity to the interpretation of the circular bony plates in the carapace of the aberrant leather-back sea-turtles (Sphargidae) by prefacing an initial land phase, in which the typical armature of land tortoises was acquired, a first marine or pelagic phase, in which this armature was lost, a third littoral or seashore phase, in which a new polygonal armature was acquired, and a fourth resumed or secondary marine phase, in which this polygonal armature began to degenerate.

On its shores are tortoises, mud-turtles, crayfish and innumerable sand-hoppers; and at varying depths in the lake several species of Melania, Melanopsis, Neritina, Corbicula and Unio have been found.

The hippopotamus, manatee, crocodile and beaver are found in the rivers, and both land and fresh-water tortoises are common.

Land tortoises have also disappeared,' but one freshwater species (Sternothaerus sinuatus) is still found; and the adjacent seas contain many turtles.

Reptiles are infested as well as mammals, and it is no uncommon thing to find specimens of Ixodidae of various kinds adherent to tortoises, snakes and lizards.

Edible frogs, tree-frogs, lizards, snakes, tortoises and scorpions are found in all parts.

There are several peculiar tortoises, but the gigantic species are now found alive only on the little island of Aldabra, to the north.

There are also a clean race of frogs and tortoises, and a few mussels in it; muskrats and minks leave their traces about it, and occasionally a travelling mud-turtle visits it.

Many tortoises are notable.