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Basic information
Kinixys erosa
Common Tortoise
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderTurtles
FamilyTortoises
GenusHingeback tortoises
- Czech name
- Želva pilovitá
- English name
- Common Tortoise
- Alternative names
- Želva ohebná, Eroded Hingeback Tortoise, Forest Hinge-back Tortoise, Forest hingeback tortoise, Forest Hinged Tortoise, Serrated hinge-back tortoise, Serrated Hinge-backed Tortoise, Serrated Hinged Tortoise, Serrated Tortoise, Schweigger's Tortoise
- Synonyms
- Kinixys castanea, Testudo erosa, Testudo schoepfii
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Arboreal, Saxicolous, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body mass
- max 10,956 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 24.8 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Foraging mode
- Active
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- max 4 individuals
- Clutches per year
- ~2 × per year
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6NKMH · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4