Order Testudines Clade Polycryptodira Lifespan Pond slider: 30 years Rank Superfamily | Phylum Chordata Scientific name Testudinoidea Higher classification Polycryptodira | |
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Length Homopus signatus: 6 – 8 cm Mass Pond slider: 240 g, African spurred tortoise: 43 kg, Homopus signatus: 95 – 160 g Lower classifications Tortoise, Emydidae, Geoemydidae, Mauremys, Box turtle |
Testudinoidea testudinidae
Testudinoidea is a superfamily within the suborder Cryptodira of the order Testudines. It includes the pond turtles (Family: Emydidae), Asian turtles (Family: Geoemydidae), the monotypic big-headed turtle (Family: Platysternidae), and the tortoises (Family: Testudinidae).
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