| Hibernate |
To pass the winter in a dormant or torpid
state |
| Hiding place |
A place where a turtle can hide
from others to escape from stress |
| Incubate |
To provide heat to promote embryonic development
and the hatching of young |
| Land turtle |
A turtle that lives on land |
| Lepidochelys Olivacea |
Scientific name for Olive Ridley Sea Turtle |
| Macroclemys Temmincki
|
Scientific name for Alligator
Snapping Turtle |
| Malaclemys terrapin |
Scientific name for Diamond Back Terrapin |
| Omnivorous |
An animal that eats both animal
and vegetable foods |
| Plastron |
The ventral part (bottom) of the shell of a turtle
or tortoise |
| Prolapse |
A condition where the organs,
usually the reproductive organs or intestines, fall
outside the body. This is common in turtles, it may
cause distress |
| Pseudemys concinna concinna |
Scientific name for Eastern River Cooter |
| Repto Min |
A brand of turtle pellet food
|
| Salmonella |
A disease that is common in turtles. You can also
catch this from raw chicken and uncooked eggs |
| Sea turtle |
A marine turtle with large flippers
and usually living in tropical and subtropical oceans
|
| Semi-aquatic turtle |
A turtle that can live on land and in the water
|
| Scute |
The bony scale of a turtles shell
|
| Substrate |
Another term for bedding (turtles like to bury itself
in) |
| TED |
Turtle Excluder Devices |
| Terrapene ornata ornata |
Scientific name for Box Turtle |
| Terrapin |
Any of various North American
aquatic turtles of the family Emydiolae, especially
the genus Malaclemys, which includes the diamondback
terrapin |
| Threatened species |
Any species which is likely to become an endangered
species within the foreseeable future throughout all
or a significant portion of its range |
| TIHPA |
Turtle Islands Heritage Protected
Area |
| Tortoise |
Usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like
limbs |
| Trionyx spiniferus
|
Scientific name for Eastern Spiny
Softshell Turtle |
| Turtle |
Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having
a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming |
| UVB light |
An ultra violet light that turtles
need to help process their vitamins (a necessity)
|
| Vermiculite |
A substance when mixed with equal parts of water
is used to aid in the incubation process. (You can
find vermiculate at most garden centers) |
| Veterinarian |
One skilled in the diseases of
cattle or domestic animals |
| Vitamin A deficiency |
A lack in vitamin A to; a usual symptom is swollen
eyes |
| Vitamin D3 |
A vitamin essential for the assimilation
of calcium for strong bones |
| Vitamin K deficiency |
A lack in vitamin K or vegetables; a usual symptom
is bleeding of the mouth |
| Water hyacinth |
A tropical American herb (Eichhornia
crassipes) forming dense floating masses in ponds
and streams and having large bluish-purple flowers
and leafstalks with greatly inflated bases |
| Water lettuce |
A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical
water, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped
leaves |
| Watussi dance |
A term made up by us (AllTurtles
webmaster, Spaz, Jade and Buddy the turtles). The
quivering motion you see turtles make with their front
claws in the other turtle's face. Turtle flirtation
in hopes that they will mate. |
