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Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Testudinidae
genus
Testudo
species
Testudo graeca

Name

Synonyms
Furculachelys nabeulensis Highfield, 1990
Testudo anamurensis Weissinger, 1987
Testudo antakyensis Perälä, 1996
Testudo armeniaca Chkhikvadze & Bakradze, 1991
Testudo buxtoni Boulenger, 1921
Testudo dagestanica Chikhikvadze, Mazanaeva & Shammakov, 2011
Testudo flavominimaralis Highfield & Martin, 1989
Testudo floweri Bodenheimer, 1935
Testudo georgicana Güldenstedt, 1814
Testudo graeca anamurensis Weissinger, 1987
Testudo graeca antakyensis Perälä, 1996
Testudo graeca nikolskii Chkhikvadze & Tuniev, 1986
Testudo graeca pallasi Chkhikvadze & Bakradze, 2002
Testudo ibera Pallas, 1814
Testudo ibera racovitzai Calinescu, 1931
Testudo ibera var. bicaudalis Venzmer, 1918
Testudo mauritanica Duméril & Bibron, 1835
Testudo nikolskii Chkhikvadze & Bakradze, 1991
Testudo pallasi Chkhikvadze & Bakradze, 2002
Testudo perses Perälä, 2002
Homonyms
Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Maurische Landschildkröte in German
Maurische Landschildkröte in German
Maurische Landschildkröte in German
Maurisk landskildpadde in Danish
Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise in English
Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise in English
Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise in language.
Moorish Tortoise in English
Moorse landschildpad in Dutch
Spur-thighed Mediterranean land Tortoise in English
Spur-thighed Tortoise in English
Spur-thighed Tortoise in English
Tartaruga grega in Portuguese
Testuggine greca in Italian
Tortue grecque in French
Tortue mauresque in French
Tortuga mora in Spanish
common tortoise in English
Средиземноморская черепаха in Russian
Common Tortoise in English
Greek Tortoise in English
Moorish Tortoise in English
Spur-thighed Tortoise in English
Tortue Mauresque in French
Tortuga Mora in Spanish
testuggine greca in Italian

Bibliographic References

  1. Eric Graitson
  2. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  3. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
  4. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
  5. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/download/0055570-200613084148143
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