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Testudo graeca graeca
Linnaeus, 1758
- Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise
(reptile)
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Testudo graeca (Species) - spur-thighed tortoise
..Testudo graeca armeniaca (Subspecies) - Araxes tortoise
..Testudo graeca buxtoni (Subspecies) - Buxton's tortoise
..Testudo graeca cyrenaica (Subspecies) - Cyrenaican spur-thighed tortoise
..Testudo graeca ibera (Subspecies) - Asia Minor tortoise
..Testudo graeca marokkensis (Subspecies) - Morocco tortoise
..Testudo graeca nabeulensis (Subspecies) - Nabeul tortoise
..Testudo graeca soussensis (Subspecies) - Souss Valley tortoise
..Testudo graeca terrestris (Subspecies) - Mesopotamian tortoise
..Testudo graeca zarudnyi (Subspecies) - Iranian tortoise
..Testudo graeca graeca (Subspecies) - Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, generic combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 198.
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:
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Testudo graeca
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
B. Grzimek et al. (eds.), 1973 (1971)
: 587.
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
Spaanse landschildpad
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise
Ref:
P.P. van Dijk et al., 2014
: 407.
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