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Turtle is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on May 23, 2022.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
July 12, 2021	Good article nominee	Listed
August 9, 2021	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
September 25, 2021	Peer review	Reviewed
October 28, 2021	Featured article candidate	Promoted
Current status: Featured article

Amphibians and Reptiles Top‑importance

	Turtle is part of WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles, an effort to make Wikipedia a standardized, informative, comprehensive and easy-to-use resource for amphibians and reptiles. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the project page for more information.Amphibians and ReptilesWikipedia:WikiProject Amphibians and ReptilesTemplate:WikiProject Amphibians and Reptilesamphibian and reptile
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Turtles (defunct)

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Turtles, a project which is currently considered to be defunct.TurtlesWikipedia:WikiProject TurtlesTemplate:WikiProject TurtlesTurtles

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Section sizes

Section size for Turtle (38 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	4,143	4,143	292	292
Naming and etymology	2,420	2,420	157	157
Anatomy and physiology	84	35,090	0	2,723
Size	1,950	1,950	72	72
Shell	6,492	6,492	524	524
Head and neck	4,562	4,562	297	297
Limbs and locomotion	3,388	3,388	414	414
Senses	5,404	5,404	407	407
Breathing	5,625	5,625	284	284
Circulation	3,120	3,120	310	310
Osmoregulation	2,194	2,194	135	135
Thermoregulation	2,271	2,271	280	280
Behavior	15	13,170	0	745
Diet and feeding	3,179	3,179	332	332
Communication and intelligence	5,830	5,830	15	15
Defense	815	815	97	97
Migration	3,331	3,331	301	301
Reproduction and life cycle	1,796	10,391	105	759
Courtship and mounting	3,070	3,070	294	294
Eggs and hatchlings	3,877	3,877	267	267
Lifespan	1,648	1,648	93	93
Systematics and evolution	95	31,040	0	988
Fossil history	8,868	8,868	319	319
External relationships	8,851	8,851	292	292
Internal relationships	8,441	8,441	179	179
Differences between the two suborders	4,785	4,785	198	198
Distribution and habitat	4,767	4,767	172	172
Conservation	12,024	12,024	502	502
Human uses	16	17,907	0	1,040
On space flights	1,046	1,046	43	43
In culture	10,266	10,266	641	641
As pets	1,408	1,408	110	110
As food and other uses	5,171	5,171	246	246
See also	37	37	0	0
References	165	723	0	0
Citations	36	36	0	0
Cited sources	522	522	0	0
External links	712	712	0	0
Total	132,424	132,424	7,378	7,378

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Evolution

Latest comment: 6 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Nothing on evolution? Toyokuni3 (talk) 06:16, 14 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Map - Newfoundland

Latest comment: 1 month ago2 comments2 people in discussion

the map shows a black strip along the southern coast of Newfoundland but there are no turtles at all on the island. No reptiles in fact ~2026-12147-71 (talk) 15:18, 16 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

The black portion is very small and was possibly put in by mistake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by G6h7j8k9 (talk • contribs) 15:43, 3 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Evolution

Map - Newfoundland