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    Species Accepted

    Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789

    Eastern Hermann’s Tortoise [boettgeri]
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Testudo
    IUCNVulnerable

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 7 countries or islands

      7 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      CzechiaNo
      DenmarkNo
      PolandNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      45 results
      Balkanų vėžlys Lithuanian
      Eastern Hermann’s Tortoise [boettgeri] English
      Greek Tortoise English
      Griechische Landschildkröte German
      Griekse landschildpad Dutch
      Græsk landskildpadde Danish
      Görög teknős Hungarian
      Herman kaplumbağası Turkish
      Hermann's Tortoise English
      Hermann’s Tortoise English

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      2 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      197 results
      Daubner, M., & Vinke, T. (2006). Schildkröten im Fokus - Sonderband Testudo - häufig gehaltene Arten. Dauvi-Verlag, Bergheim, 157 Pp.
      Koppitz, Christian; Julian Kolleck, Melanie Kurtz, Patricia Hildebrandt & Klaus Richter. (2017). Die Leier des Hermes – Einblicke in das Leben zweier Landschildkrötenarten auf der Peloponnes. Terraria-Elaphe 2017 (4): 34-43.
      Kabisch, K., & Belter, H. (1968). Das Verzehren von Amphibien und Reptilien durch Vögel. Zoologische Abhandlungen Aus Dem Staatlichen Museum Für Tierkunde in Dresden 29: 191-227.
      Vinke, T., & Vinke, S. (2004). Testudo hercegovinensis WERNER, 1899 – die Dalmatinische Landschildkröte. Schildkröten Im Fokus 1 (1): 22-34.
      Auffenberg, & Walter. (1977). Display Behavior in Tortoises. American Zoologist 17: 241-250.
      Kirsche, & K, W. (1984). Bastardierung von Testudo horsfieldii (Gray) und Testudo h. hermanni Gmelin. Amphibia-Reptilia 5 (3-4): 311 - 322.
      Vilardell-Bartino, Albert, Joan Budó, Xavier Capalleras, Joan Ferrer, & Eduard Filella. (2011). Dades sobre la incidència d’un incendi forestal en la població de tortuga mediterrània (Testudo hermanni hermanni) a la serra de l’Albera (Alt Empordà; Catalunya). Bull. Soc. Catalana d’Herp. 19.
      Pfau, Beate; Albert Martínez-Silvestre & Joan Budó. (2023). Testudo hermanni hermanni im Albera-Gebiet in Katalonien Teil III: Gesundheitsuntersuchungen. Elaphe 2023 (6): 74.
      TTWG [TURTLE TAXONOMY WORKING GROUP: RHODIN, A.G.J., IVERSON, J.B., FRITZ, U., GALLEGO-GARCÍA, N., GEORGES, A., SHAFFER, H.B., AND VAN DuK, P.P.]. (2025). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (10th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 10:1-575.
      Heimann, E. (1990). Testudo hermanni GMELIN, 1789. Sauria 12 Suppl.: 175–178.

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