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Cryptodira

Reptiles
The Cryptodira are a suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles. Cryptodira differ from Pleurodira in that they lower their necks and pull the heads straight back into the shells, instead of folding their necks sideways... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Cryptodira
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira; Cope, 1868
Lower classifications