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Turtle vs. Tortoise: The confusion is due to a difference in north American and British terminology. it is a transatlantic clash in nomenclature. they all started out as tortoises but some fool mispronounced a Spanish term and coined the word "turtle". this term was a big hit in naming new species in America.. however nobody thought to tell those folks across the pond until way later. So they went on naming species tortoises, making no distinctions between land or water.... then to make matters worst, over here in the Americas, we name one species a terrapin, and that species happen to be tasty, so to sell turtles and tortoises for higher prices they started called everything terrapins.... then of course the english caught on way late and didnt realize exactly what was going on... all they new that there was a new term and figured they need some terrapins of their own... so they started calling small water tortoises terrapins, while everyone in America knew that a small water tortoise was really a turtle.....however, it seems that one could argue that a true tortoise is that of the Testudinidae family, because of a few distinct features club footed, slow moving, domed shell, ability to hide in shell for protection.
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