Freshwater, Terrestrial, and Marine Turtles of Florida
Florida is home to 25 species of turtles representing seven families. Turtles (including tortoises and terrapins) can be terrestrial, aquatic, or semi-aquatic. In aquatic food pyramids, some turtles are top carnivores since they feed on other small aquatic animals and rarely become food themselves....
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Florida is home to 25 species of turtles representing seven families. Turtles (including tortoises and terrapins) can be terrestrial, aquatic, or semi-aquatic. In aquatic food pyramids, some turtles are top carnivores since they feed on other small aquatic animals and rarely become food themselves. Like other reptiles, turtles are poikilothermic (dependent on their surroundings for their body temperature). This document is WEC-173, one of a series of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Published:1993, as SS-WIS-57. Revised: November, 2003.
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| spelling | doaj-art-5e1a6d763f884ce5bea4196710fd7a3d2025-02-08T06:28:06ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092004-03-0120044Freshwater, Terrestrial, and Marine Turtles of FloridaPatricia SprottFrank J. Mazzotti0Jocie A. GrahamUniversity of Florida Florida is home to 25 species of turtles representing seven families. Turtles (including tortoises and terrapins) can be terrestrial, aquatic, or semi-aquatic. In aquatic food pyramids, some turtles are top carnivores since they feed on other small aquatic animals and rarely become food themselves. Like other reptiles, turtles are poikilothermic (dependent on their surroundings for their body temperature). This document is WEC-173, one of a series of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Published:1993, as SS-WIS-57. Revised: November, 2003. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw159 https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/109998UW159 |
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