CLASS - REPTILIA PART 1 - TURTLES AND TORTOISES

SUBCLASS I - ANAPSIDA

ORDER  - CHELONIA

CHELONE






TESTUDO - TORTOISE





CHRYSEMYS - PAINTED TURTLE






TRIONYX - SOFT TURTLE





DERMOCHELYS - LEATHERBACK TURTLE






CHELONIA MYDAS - GREEN TURTLE





CHELHYDRA - SANPPING TURTLE ( GOT TAIL)




MACROLEMYS - ALLIGATOR SNAPPER TURTLE - (TAIL AND BEAK LIKE JAW)





MALACOLEMYS - DIAMOND BACK TERRAPIN






CHELONDINA - SNAKE NECKED TURTLE






KACHUGA - INDIAN ROOFED TURTLE






CHELUS - MATAMATA TERRAPIN






TESTUDO ABINGDONI - THE GIANT GALAPAGOS TORTOISE




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SUBCLASS - DIAPSIDA

ORDER - RHYNCOCEPHALIA

SPHENODON - TUATARA

ORDER - CROCODILIA

CROCODYLUS





GAVIALIS - GHARIAL






ALLIGATOR



P.S - ORDER SQUAMATA  contains lizards and snakes and has been covered in next post entitled Reptilia Part II.

Lizards come under suborder - LACERTILIA

Snakes come under suborder - OPHIDIA