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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Testudinidae (Tortoises)
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Testudininae
Xerobatinae
Original Description
Batsch 1788 : 437
Original name
Testudines
Common Name
Tortoises
Distribution
Almost worldwide in temperate and tropical terrestrial habitats; excluding Australia
Comments
Reviewed by Williams (1952), Loveridge and Williams (1957), Pritchard and Trebbau (1984:197-205), Crumly (1984b, c), and Swingland and Klemens (1989). Chromosomal relationships are discussed by Dowler and Bickham (1982). Phylogeny of the American species discussed by Rojas and Acuņa (1986). See Comment under Geochelone.
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