About Class Reptilia:

 

It is the order that includes turtles and tortoises.

These have a hard shell, which is their ribs. All turtles bury their eggs, do not have teeth and have three-chambered hearts. Some testudines hibernate and can live order 150 years. [33]

 

 

[92] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_tortoise#/media/File:A._gigantea_Aldabra_Giant_Tortoise.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did you know…?

 

Their shells are made up of over 60 bones, the upper section being the carape and the lower section the plastron. [33]

 

Even turtles that spend most of their time underwater must come to the surface regularly in order to breathe. [33]

 

Their shells are used to store minerals such as Calcium. [33]