Aquatic turtles refer to turtles that live in rivers or swamps, such as the Brazilian turtle, yellow-throated turtle, map turtle, etc. These turtles have full webs between their toes, mainly for swimming convenience.
Semi-aquatic turtles refer to some turtles that live in forests or wetlands, such as: Huang margin, ground turtle, yellow forehead, etc. The toes of these turtles are webbed or semi-webbed.
Tortoises refer to some turtles that live in high mountains or in the desert, such as: concave-armored tortoises, sulcata leopard tortoises, etc. These turtles have long legs because they have to support their heavy bodies. Very strong and without webbing between the toes. Aquatic turtles are generally flat, with small skin scales and webbed toes.
On the other hand, tortoises are mostly round and convex, with thick scales to prevent water from dispersing. There are no webs between the toes, so they do not need to be kept in water. Semi-aquatic turtles are between the above two. Some also have webs and can go into water, but the water cannot be too deep.
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