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    Species Accepted

    Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758

    Common Tortoise
    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 9 countries or islands

      9 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      CyprusNo
      CzechiaNo
      FranceNo
      ItalyNo
      PolandNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      55 results
      Aralıq dənizi tısbağası Azerbaijani
      Common Tortoise English
      Espanjankilpikonna Finnish
      Graikinis vėžlys Lithuanian
      Greek Tortoise English
      Grčka čančara Croatian
      Korytnačka žltohnedá Slovak
      Mahmuzlu Akdeniz Kaplumbağası Turkish
      Maurische Landschildkröte German
      Maurisk landskildpadde Danish

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      4 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      287 results
      Elbahi, A., Dugon, M., Oubrou, W., El Bekkay, M., Hermas, J., & Lawton, C. (2024). Modelling the ecological niches of reptiles in highly biodiverse protected areas. Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 1–22.
      Glavaschi, Alexandra; Ellen S. Beaumont. (2014). The escape behaviour of wild Greek tortoises Testudo graeca with an emphasis on geometrical shape. Basic and Applied Herpetology 28: 21-33.
      Schlüter, U. (2009). Sousstal-Landschildkröte (Testudo graeca soussensis) im natürlichen Habitat. Reptilia (Münster) 14 (78): 74-78.
      Sonnini de Manoncourt, C.S. and Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles, avec Figures Dessinees d’Apres Nature. 3. Paris, Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, 332 Pp.
      Crucitti, P., & Federica Emiliani. (2012). Morphological variability of the Spur-thighed Tortoise, Testudo graeca, in the Nemrut Volcano (Eastern Turkey) (Testudines: Testudinidae). Zoology in the Middle East 56.
      Müller, & Johannes. (1995). Fund von Testudo graeca ibera auf der Insel Samos (Ostägäis, Griechenland). Salamandra 31 (4): 243-244.
      Daubner, M., & Vinke, T. (2006). Schildkröten im Fokus - Sonderband Testudo - häufig gehaltene Arten. Dauvi-Verlag, Bergheim, 157 Pp.
      Turkozan, O., Kumlutas, Y., & Durmus, H. (2004). Comparative morphology of three populations of Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758 from the Western Taurus Mountains, Turkey. Russ. J. Herpetol. 11(1):12-20.
      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.
      KHASHAB, R., & JABLONSKI, D. (2025). An amelanistic spur-thighed tortoise Testudo graeca observed in the wild. Herpetological Bulletin, 174, 34-35.

      Citation

      Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758 in undefined