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Why is a turtle a reptile?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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Turtles lay leathery eggs with an amnion, a sac protecting the developing embryo. This is a trait of reptiles, while amphibians typically lay gelatinous eggs that never have layers such as an amnion. Turtles also have a thick impermeable skin, and are born as miniature adults with no larval stage.
They are cold blooded.

They have scales.

They breath in air.

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Yes, all turtles and tortoise are reptiles because they have a thick skin, are cold blooded, and lay eggs with an amniotic sac.
Yes, tortoises are reptiles as they are cold blooded, have thick skin, and lay eggs with an amniotic sac.
Yes, tortoises are reptiles. They have thick skin with scale-like osteoderms, are cold blooded, and lay eggs that use an amniotic sac. Amphibians have no amniotic sac, and Mammals are warm blooded with hair and mammary glands.

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Well, sea turtles are turtles if that's what you mean but they are not the same as land tortoises or freshwater turtles as their bodies are adapted to life in the sea whereas a land tortoise's body is adapted to life on land and a freshwater turtle's body is adapted to life in freshwater.

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A turtle is a reptile. Its shell is composed of scales.

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Yes thay are you can tell this because they are cold blooded and they have a shell and they have eggs not baby tortoises

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A sea turtle is a reptile.

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