Hermann's tortoise

Hermann's tortoise
Testudo hermanni hermanni on Majorca

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Testudo
Species:
T. hermanni
Binomial name
Testudo hermanni
Gmelin, 1789
Range map.
Western green population is hermanni, eastern blue boettgeri and red hercegovinensis.
Synonyms
T. h. hermanni
  • Testudo hermanni
    Gmelin, 1789
  • Testudo graeca bettai
    Lataste, 1881
  • Testudo hermanni hermanni
    — Wermuth, 1952
  • Testudo hermanni robertmertensi
    Wermuth, 1952
  • Protestudo hermanni
    — Chkhikvadze, 1983
  • Agrionemys hermanni
    — Gmira, 1993
  • Testudo hermanii [sic]
    Gerlach, 2001
    (ex errore)
  • Testudo hermannii [sic]
    Claude & Tong, 2004
    (ex errore)
  • Eurotestudo hermanni
    — de Lapparent de Broin et al., 2006
T. h. boettgeri
  • Testudo graeca var. boettgeri
    Mojsisovics, 1889
  • Testudo graeca var. hercegovinensis
    F. Werner, 1899
  • Testudo enriquesi
    Parenzan, 1932
  • Testudo hermanni boettgeri
    — Bour, 1987
  • Testudo boettgeri
    — Artner, Budischek & Froschauer, 2000
  • Testudo hercegovinensis
    — Perälä, 2002
  • Testudo boettgeri boettgeri
    — Artner, 2003
  • Testudo boettgeri hercegovinensis
    — Artner, 2003
  • Testudo hermanni hercegovinensis
    — S. Vinke & T. Vinke, 2004
  • Eurotestudo boettgeri
    — de Lapperent de Broin et al., 2006
  • Eurotestudo hercegovinensis
    — de Lapparent de Broin et al., 2006

Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni) is a species of tortoise native to Europe.

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