Spur-thighed Tortoise
Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758
Also calledAralıq dənizi tısbağası (aze) · Espanjankilpikonna (fin) · Graikinis vėžlys (lit) · Grčka čančara (hrv) · Korytnačka žltohnedá (slk) · Mahmuzlu Akdeniz Kaplumbağası (tur) · Maurische Landschildkröte (deu) · Maurisk landskildpadde (dan) · Moorse landschildpad (nld) · Morisk landsköldpadda (swe) · Mór teknős (hun) · Tartaruga grega (por) · Tartaruga moura (glg) · Tartaruga-grega (por)
First described in: Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Figs 12, 126 (Engl. Mediterranean Tortoise; Geo. ხმელთაშუაზღვეთის კუ, khmeltashuazghvetis ku)
An Annotated Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia with DNA Barcoding Data and Taxonomic Remarks
discussion
The only source reporting the occurrence of this species in Lefkada is the map by Valakos et al. (2008: 184), possibly based on the old record of T. graeca by De Betta (1868: 890), reported by subsequent authors, which however refers to T. hermanni. Since Lefkada is far outside the range of this species and there are no evidences of the presence of this tortoise on the island, the occurrence of viable populations on Lefkada is unlikely.
Annotated checklist of the herpetofauna (Amphibia, Reptilia) of Lefkada Island (Ionian Islands, Greece)
materials_examined
Holotype: MTD 33842 (photographed in the original description, p. 214, Figs. 2 – 3); paratypes (4), MNHN 19996 - 7801; MTD 31012 and 33843; and SMNS 4647. Testudo graeca armeniaca Ckhikvadze & Bakradze 1991: 60 Holotype: GNM (formerly ANGSSR) 13.3.007 (photographed in the original description; pp. 61 – 62, Figs. 1 – 3); paratype (1), ZIN ANSSSR 5545. Testudo graeca pallasi Ckhikvadze & Bakradze 2002: 276 Holotype: GNM NQ 13.3.5 (formely IPANG). Testudo dagestanica Ckhikvadze, Mazanaeva, & Shammakov 2011: 337 Holotype: GNM 13.11.1.
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
materials_examined
Holotype: Not designated; Iconotype: the color figure in Plate 204 in Edwards (1751; see Bour 1987 a: 111) according to Loveridge & Williams (1957: 264 – 265) and Bour (1987 a: 111); reproduced in Bour (1987 a: 111, Fig. 1), Bour (2001: 18, Fig. 4), Devaux (2001: 31), Pieh (2002: 112), and Schweiger & Gemel (2020: 32).
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Testudo graeca in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2441461.