Turtles live on Earth for over 220 million years. Their 230 modern types, which are divided into land and sea, and land also fall into land and freshwater.
The sizes of the turtles are very different, they vary in a fairly wide range. Marine species more generally, their freshwater and terrestrial relatives. The largest of the modern are the so-called leatherback turtles. In this species the carapace length reaches 2 meters, and they often weigh more than 600 pounds. The small species such modern reptile is speckled turtle that does not exceed a length of 10 centimeters.
The sizes of the turtles are very different, they vary in a fairly wide range. Marine species more generally, their freshwater and terrestrial relatives. The largest of the modern are the so-called leatherback turtles. In this species the carapace length reaches 2 meters, and they often weigh more than 600 pounds. The small species such modern reptile is speckled turtle that does not exceed a length of 10 centimeters.