2006-12-23 00:23:31 · 22 answers · asked by woodsie 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
OK seriously I don't think I saw one correct answer to this question.
A tortoise is a type of land turtle. There are three types of turtle, land, water and sea. Although all tortoises are turtles not all turtles are tortoises. There are land turtles (box turtle for example) that aren't tortoises.
A tortoise will have the typical land turtle characteristics a larger more domed shell and land/unwebbed feet.
I don't know of a real difference between a tortoise and other land turtles but water turtles have webbed feet and a flatter shell and sea turtles have flippers and a flatter shell too.
2006-12-23 07:57:26 · answer #1 · answered by juliettavirgo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some turtle live on land and sea. Tortoises have larger shells and they tend to move slower than a turtle. A tortoise is usually larger than a turtle.
Hope this helps a little ^_^
2006-12-23 01:47:57 · answer #2 · answered by The Girl With All the Answers 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tortoise was once in a race with the hare. The turtle wasn't. Therefore, the tortoise is something of a celebrity and is a status symbol among creatures that inch along.
2006-12-23 00:28:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A tortoise has toenails and a bulky, semi-circular if look from the side shell. A turtle has flipper/flappers and a flatter, more oval shell if look from the top and stay in water more often.
2006-12-23 00:30:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a tortoise lives on land and a turtle lives in water
2006-12-23 00:25:43 · answer #5 · answered by Jo M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Turtles can crawl or pop out of there shell and open them up like a trunk. I don't tortoise can do this.
2006-12-23 00:28:09 · answer #6 · answered by acidcrap 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To my knowledge, tortoises are much bigger, and live for over a hundred years. They stay on land, while turtles stay in water.
2006-12-23 01:08:17 · answer #7 · answered by book_worm308 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the turtle is an aquatic animal and has webbed-like feet.
A tortoise has huge feet and are rough and dry to the touch looking more like an elephant's trunk.
2006-12-23 00:32:38 · answer #8 · answered by Cheyenne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turtles are greener. Tortoises are brown in colour.
2006-12-23 00:25:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a tortoise lives on land, a turtle lives its life in the sea.
2006-12-23 00:26:49 · answer #10 · answered by jardon 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋