Testudinidae Testudo graeca Testudo marginata
Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789
Hermann's Tortoise

= Eurotestudo hermanni (Gmelin, 1789)

T. hermanni (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Ulcinj, Crna Gora (Montenegro), September 1984
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

T. hermanni (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Ulcinj, Crna Gora (Montenegro), September 1984
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

T. hermanni (© Matthew Wilson)

Adult, Lake Korrison, south Corfu, Greece, October 2003
(Photo by Matthew Wilson)

T. hermanni (© Mario Schweiger)

Adult (male), Castiglione della Pescaia (Grosseto), Italy, June 2004
(Photo by Mario Schweiger, VipersGarden)

T. hermanni (© Mario Schweiger)

Adult (female), Follonica (Grosseto), Italy
(Photo by Mario Schweiger, VipersGarden)

T. hermanni (© Mario Schweiger)

Subadult (female), Follonica (Grosseto), Italy
(Photo by Mario Schweiger, VipersGarden)

T. hermanni (© Stjepan Mekiniæ)

Adult, Sinj, Croatia
(Photo by Stjepan Mekiniæ)


Distribution:
Balkans (mainly south of Danube), more restricted on some sites in south and west of Italy, southeastern France, northeastern Spain, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and some smaller islands, introduced elsewhere in the Mediterranean

Similar species:
Testudo graeca (Testudinidae)
Testudo marginata (Testudinidae)

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