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Which "Order" includes turtles and tortoises?

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a

Rhynchocephalia

b

Testudines

c

Squamata

d

Crocodilia

answer is C.

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Tortoises and turtles both are members of the order Testudines.

They are further classified into separate families based on certain differences. The key difference between a tortoise and a turtle is that tortoises are fully terrestrial beings while turtles are adapted to an aquatic mode of life but return to land to lay eggs.

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