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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Testudinidae (Tortoises)
subfamily.......Testudininae ()
genus...............Testudo (Palearctic Tortoises)
species
species list
T. graeca (Spur-thighed Tortoise)
T. hermanni (Hermann's Tortoise)
T. horsfieldii (Central Asian Tortoise)
T. kleinmanni (Egyptian Tortoise)
T. marginata (Marginated Tortoise)
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- Original Description
- Linnaeus 1758 : 197
- Common Name
- Palearctic Tortoises
- Distribution
- Southern Europe and North Africa to southwestern Asia
- Comments
- Subgenera listed in the species accounts were defined by Loveridge and Williams (1957) and Khozatsky and Mlynarski (1966), but are not accepted by some authors. Obst and Meusel (1963) reviewed European species.
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