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Hermann's Tortoise

Testudo hermanni

Description:

Wild tortoise that has lived in my friends' family garden in Sardinia since forever.

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Hermann's Tortoise
Testudo hermanni


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5 Comments

Elsa
Elsa 11 years ago

Thank you very much Gabe, ID updated :)

gabe.somarriba
gabe.somarriba 11 years ago

By looking at the flaring of the carapace, especially the nuchal scute above the head, and the scales on the forelimbs, I would identify this as a Hermann's Tortoise. The spur thighed tortoise has much larger leg scales, and the marginated has an indent at the front of the carapace

ScottRasmussen
ScottRasmussen 12 years ago

This might help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rep.... It's hard to tell without seeing the shell pattern and general shape, but it looks like you've got three different tortoises to choose from.

Elsa
Elsa 12 years ago

Thanks Amber, he was very cute! Hopefully I'll manage to ID him :)

Amber Burns
Amber Burns 12 years ago

Cute!

Elsa
Spotted by
Elsa

Sassari, Italy

Spotted on Jul 6, 2011
Submitted on Jul 8, 2011

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