These tortoises are the biggest survivors of an assortment of giant tortoise species that were widely present on continental landmasses and additional islands during the Pleistocene.

These forests also provide habitat for gopher tortoises, which, as keystone species, dig burrows that provide habitat for hundreds of other species of animals.

These sanctuaries rescue injured tortoises whilst also taking in unwanted pets.

These two sanctuaries specialise in Hermann's tortoises.

These tortoises may attain a length of 10 to 14 inches ( 25 to 36 cm ), with males being slightly larger than females.

These shells left behind by hunters attracted ravens and threatened the healthy tortoises.

These became known as Syro-Hittite states.

These were commonly referred to as " Arians " due to their rejection of the Trinity, though in fact the Socinians, as they were later known, went further than Arius to the position of Photinus.

These holes collectively make up what is known as the selenizone which form as the shell grows.

These brokers came to be known as the curbstone brokers, as they conducted their auctions out in the street.

These are the known ancestors of Afonso Henriques, going back five generations.

These include Hindu astrology ( also known as " Indian astrology " and in modern times referred to as " Vedic astrology ") and Chinese astrology, both of which have influenced the world's cultural history.

These are the first pure landscape studies known in Western art.

These are the smallest of the AC enzyme classes ; the AC-IV from Yersinia is a dimer of 19 kDa subunits with no known regulatory components.

These are of the type known as " inginocchiata ", " kneeling " on two brackets.

These ions, under the influence of the electric field, are accelerated into the cathode surface containing the sample, bombarding the sample and causing neutral sample atom ejection through the process known as sputtering.

These compounds, e. g. calicheamicin, are some of the most aggressive antitumor drugs known, so much so that the ene-diyne subunit is sometimes referred to as a " warhead.

These 10 residues are then known as angiotensin I. Angiotensin converting enzyme ( ACE ) then removes a further two residues which converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II.

These 390 square kilometres of limestone-covered landscape is also known for its underground caverns.

These securities, known as ADRs ( American Depositary Receipt ) or GDRs ( Global Depositary Receipt ) depending on where they are issued, are typically considered " foreign " and therefore trade at a lower value when first released.

These poles and zone-lines, whilst inducing fluctuations in data density in the reconstructed datasets, which can prove problematic during post-analysis, are critical for determining information such as angular magnification, as the crystallographic relationships between features are typically well known.

These are sometimes known as signature bridges.

These Orkhon inscriptions are the first known texts in the Old Turkic language.

These became known as the Negro Leagues, though these leagues never had any formal overall structure comparable to the Major Leagues.

These models were known as dwarf safeties, or safety bicycles, for their lower seat height and better weight distribution ( although without pneumatic tires the ride of the smaller-wheeled bicycle would be much rougher than that of the larger-wheeled variety ).

These events are usually separated by periods of " normal " mood ; but, in some individuals, depression and mania may rapidly alternate, which is known as rapid cycling.

These antibiotics have a common element in their molecular structure: a four-atom ring known as a beta-lactam.

These linear combinations are also known as Bessel functions of the third kind ; they are two linearly independent solutions of Bessel's differential equation.

These land parcels were then handed to Dutch planters known as perkeniers of which 34 were on Lontar, 31 on Ai and 3 on Neira.

These styles are known because of the importance of Irish and Scottish people in the English speaking world, especially in the United States, where they had a profound impact on American music, particularly bluegrass and country music.

These families are now known to be only distantly related.

These include William MacQuitty ( A Night to Remember ), Andrew Eaton ( Resurrection Man ), Nick Hamm ( The Hole ), Dudi Appleton ( The Most Fertile Man in Ireland ) and Mark Huffam ( Saving Private Ryan ).

These discussions led Síle de Valera, a backbench TD, to directly challenge the leadership in a speech at the Liam Lynch commemoration at Fermoy on the 9th of September.

These are the Films commemoration to the Filipino Saint

These “ doves ” were suspended before icons in commemoration of the birth of Christ, when a dove came down from heaven and soared over the child Jesus.

The artist David Hillman was commissioned, in 1935, to design three stained-glass windows for the shul in commemoration of the Silver Jubilee of King George V. These have since been moved to Shadwell Lane Synagogue.

" These prayers in fact speaks of " the commemoration of the Body and Blood of your Christ, which we offer to you on the pure and holy altar, as you have taught us in his life-giving Gospel.

These include, on the chancel south wall, a commemoration of Alexander Hood, who died in 1814, which was designed and signed by Sir John Soane, with a black marble base topped by a white marble monument on Ionic columns framing the memorial plaque.

These are ; the commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ and his rise from dead-with the traditional Good Friday procession, which in Ħal Għaxaq is held on Palm Sunday evening, celebrated a Sunday before Easter, the Main Secondary feast of Saint Joseph celebrated on the 1st Sunday of June, Corpus Christi on the 2nd Sunday of June and Our Lady of the Rosary on the 2nd Sunday of October.

These rabbis include: Shlomo Goren ( former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel ); Chaim David Halevi ( former Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv and Yaffo ); Dov Lior ( Rabbi of Kiryat Arba ); Yosef Elboim ; Yisrael Ariel ; She ' ar Yashuv Cohen ( Chief Rabbi of Haifa ); Yuval Sherlo ( rosh yeshiva of the hesder yeshiva of Petah Tikva ); Meir Kahane.

These 642 tenders were part of the 1, 577 tenders planned in 2011 by the Israeli government, a number that was higher than in any year since Ariel Sharon's government issued 1, 917 in 2003.

These include Morgan, with the windowless Roadster, Caterham, with the doorless Seven, and Ariel, with the bodyless Atom.

These are the Yellow-ridged Toucan ( R. culminatus ; now R. vitellinus culminatus ), the Citron-throated Toucan ( R. citreolaemus ; now R. vitellinus citreolaemus ) and the Ariel Toucan ( R. ariel ; now R. vitellinus ariel ).

These Ariels are known as ' Black Ariels ' ( 1926 – 1930 ) and were the basis on which all Ariel 4-stroke singles were based until their demise in 1959 ( except the LH Colt of the mid 1950s ).

These famous winners ' names include Reynaldo A. Duque, Ricarte Agnes, Aurelio S. Agcaoili, Lorenzo G. Tabin, Jaime M. Agpalo Jr., Prescillano N. Bermudez, William V. Alvarado, Maria Fres-Felix, Clarito G. de Francia, Arnold Pascual Jose, Eden Aquino Alviar, Severino Pablo, Ariel S. Tabag, Daniel L. Nesperos, Roy V. Aragon, Danilo Antalan, Joel B. Manuel, Bernardo D. Tabbada, Noli S. Dumlao and others.