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If you see turtle tracks, you might not see all of their five toes, but you will see the marks made by their large footpads. The tracks are almost oval in shape with the toes showing on one side of the oval. Sometimes the turtle's tail or shell will leave drag marks in the trail. When turtles walk, they drag their feet a lot and kick up a lot of dirt behind them.
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Classification
- Kingdom Animalia animals
- Phylum Chordata chordates
- Subphylum Vertebrata vertebrates
- Class Reptilia turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives
- Order Testudines
Related Taxa
- Species Callagur borneoensis Painted Terrapin, Biuku
- Family Carettochelyidae
- Family Chelidae
- Family Cheloniidae
- Family Chelydridae
- Species Cuora amboinensis Amboina Box Turtle; Southeast Asian Box Turtle
- Species Cuora flavomarginata Snake-eating Turtle
- Family Dermatemydidae
- Family Dermochelyidae
- Family Emydidae
- Family Kinosternidae
- Family Pelomedusidae
- Species Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima
- Family Testudinidae
- Family Trionychidae
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