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Basic information
Testudo graeca
Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderTurtles
FamilyTortoises
GenusMediterranean tortoises
- Czech name
- Želva žlutohnědá
- English name
- Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise
- Alternative names
- Želva žlutohnědá antakijská, Common Tortoise, Greek Tortoise, Maurische Landschildkröte, Moorish Tortoise, Spur-thighed Mediterranean land Tortoise, Spur-thighed Tortoise, Testuggine moresca, Средиземноморская черепаха
- Synonyms
- Furculachelys nabeulensis, Testudo antakyensis, Testudo buxtoni, Testudo dagestanica, Testudo ecaudata, Testudo flavominimaralis, Testudo floweri, Testudo georgicana, Testudo graeca anamurensis, Testudo graeca nikolskii, Testudo graeca pallasi, Testudo ibera, Testudo ibera racovitzai, Testudo ibera var. bicaudalis, Testudo marginata whitei, Testudo mauritanica, Testudo perses, Testudo terrestris, Testudo whitei, Testudo zarudnyi, Testudo zohalfa, Testudo zolkafa
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Desert, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Carapace length
- max 185 mm
- Body mass
- max 4,981 g
- Hatchling mass
- max 14.2 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 116 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Foraging mode
- Active
- Body temperature
- 18–43.6 °C
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 4–21 individuals
- Clutches per year
- ~1 × per year
- Sex determination
- Temperature-dependent sex determination
- Egg length
- ~34 mm
- Egg width
- ~28 mm
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 55JSJ · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4