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Mediterranean Spur Thighed Tortoise

Testudo graeca Linnaeus 1758

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Testudo graeca Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Testudo antakyensis
Species recognized by Wildfinder (WWF)
Testudo antakyensis Perälä 1996
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records UK
Testudo graeca Linnaeus 1758
Recognized by ReptileDB
Testudo perses
Species recognized by Iran Species List
Testudo perses
Testudo graeca
Testudo graeca perses Perälä 2002
Subspecies recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo perses
Testudo perses Perälä 2002

Alternative Names

Testudo antakyensis Perälä 1996
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Testudo buxtoni Boulenger 1921
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Testudo dagestanica Chikhikvadze, Mazanaeva & Shammakov 2011
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Testudo graeca antakyensis Perälä 1996
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Testudo graeca dagestanica Herz 2013
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Testudo graeca perses Perälä 2002
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Testudo perses Perälä 2002
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Furculachelys nabeulensis Highfield 1990
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca graeca
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Testudo graeca graeca Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo terrestris terrestris
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo anamurensis
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo antakyensis
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo antakyensis Perälä 1996
Testudo armeniaca
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo buxtoni
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Testudo buxtoni Boulenger 1921
Testudo dagestanica Chikhikvadze, Mazanaeva & Shammakov 2011
Testudo ecaudata Pallas 1814
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo flavominimaralis Highfield & Martin 1990
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo floweri
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Testudo floweri Bodenheimer 1935
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo georgicana Güldenstedt 1814
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca anamurensis
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca anamurensis Weissinger 1987
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca antakyensis
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca antakyensis Perälä 1996
Testudo graeca armeniaca
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Testudo graeca armeniaca Chkhikvadze & Bakradse 1991
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca buxtoni
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca cyrenaica
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Testudo graeca cyrenaica Pieh & Perälä 2002
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca dagestanica Herz 2013
Testudo graeca floweri
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Testudo graeca floweri Bodenheimer 1935
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca ibera
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Testudo graeca ibera Pallas 1814
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca lamberti
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Testudo graeca lamberti Pieh & Perälä 2004
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca marokkensis
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Testudo graeca marokkensis Pieh & Perälä 2004
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca nabeulensis
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Testudo graeca nabeulensis (Highfield 1990)
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca nikolskii
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Testudo graeca nikolskii Chkhikvadze & Tuniev 1986
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca pallasi
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca pallasi Chkhikvadze & Bakradze 2002
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca perses
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca perses Perälä 2002
Testudo graeca soussensis
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Testudo graeca soussensis Pieh 2000
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca terrestris
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Testudo graeca terrestris Forskål 1775
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca zarudnyi
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Testudo graeca zarudnyi Nikolsky 1896
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo graeca
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Testudo graeca Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo ibera racovitzai Calinescu 1931
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo ibera
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Testudo ibera Pallas 1814
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Testudo ibera Pallas 1814
Testudo ibera var. bicaudalis Venzmer 1918
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo mauritanica
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo mauritanica Duméril & Bibron 1835
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Testudo mauritanica Duméril & Bibron 1835
Testudo nabeulensis
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Testudo nikolskii
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo pallasi
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo perses
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Testudo perses Perälä 2002
Testudo pusilla Linnaeus 1758
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Testudo pusilla Linnaeus 1758
Testudo terrestris ibera
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo terrestris zarudnyi
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo terrestris
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Testudo terrestris Forskål 1775
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo zarudnyi
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Testudo zarudnyi Nikolsky 1896
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo zohalfa Forskål 1835
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Testudo zolkafa Forskål 1831
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Tistudo mauritonica
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Furculachelys nabeulensis
Synonym according to CITES
Furculachelys nabeulensis Highfield 1990
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Furculachelys whitei
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo anamurensis
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo antakyensis
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo antakyensis Perälä 1996
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 - Test
Testudo antakyensis Perälä 1996
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo armeniaca
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo buxtoni Boulenger 1921
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 - Test
Testudo buxtoni Boulenger 1921
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo cyrenaica
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo dagestanica Chikhikvadze, Mazanaeva & Shammakov 2011
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 - Test
Testudo dagestanica Chikhikvadze, Mazanaeva & Shammakov 2011
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo ecaudata Pallas 1814
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo flavominimaralis
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo flavominimaralis Highfield & Martin 1990
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo floweri Bodenheimer 1935
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo georgicana Güldenstedt 1814
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo graeca anamurensis Weissinger 1987
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo graeca antakyensis Perälä 1996
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 - Test
Testudo graeca antakyensis Perälä 1996
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo graeca dagestanica Herz 2013
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 - Test
Testudo graeca nikolskii Chkhikvadze & Tuniev 1986
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo graeca pallasi Chkhikvadze & Bakradze 2002
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo graeca perses Perälä 2002
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 - Test
Testudo ibera Pallas 1814
Testudo ibera racovitzai Calinescu 1931
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo ibera var. bicaudalis Venzmer 1918
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo lamberti
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo marokkensis
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo mauritanica
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo mauritanica Duméril & Bibron 1835
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo nabeulensis
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo pallasi
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo perses
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo perses Perälä 2002
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 - Test
Testudo perses Perälä 2002
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo pusilla
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo soussensis
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo terrestris Forskål 1775
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo whitei
Synonym according to CITES and Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo zarudnyi
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo zarudnyi Nikolsky 1896
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo zohalfa Forskål 1835
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo zolkafa Forskål 1831
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise preferred
Recognized by ReptileDB
Greek tortoise
Recognized by Arkive
Eurasian Tortoise
Recognized by PlanetScott
common tortoise
Recognized by Paleobiology Database
Algerian Tortoise
Recognized by CITES
Common Tortoise
Recognized by CITES
Greek Tortoise
Recognized by CITES
Mesopotamian Tortoise
Recognized by CITES
Moorish Tortoise
Recognized by CITES
Spur-thighed Tortoise
Recognized by CITES
Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise
Recognized by AnAge

Danish

Maurisk landskildpadde preferred
Recognized by CITES

Dutch; Flemish

moorse landschilpad preferred
Recognized by admin
Moorse landschildpad
Recognized by CITES

Finnish

Espanjankilpikonna preferred
Recognized by CITES

French

Tortue mauresque preferred
Recognized by CITES

German

Maurische Landschildkröte preferred
Recognized by ReptileDB and CITES

Italian

Tartaruga greca preferred
Recognized by admin
Testuggine greca
Recognized by CITES

Japanese

ギリシャリクガメ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Portuguese

Tartaruga grega preferred
Recognized by CITES

Spanish; Castilian

Tortuga mora preferred
Recognized by CITES

Swedish

morisk sköldpadda preferred
Recognized by CITES
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Curated hierarchies for Testudo graeca Linnaeus 1758

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Testudinata
Testudines
Cryptodira
Testudinidae
Testudo

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Testudo Linnaeus 1758

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae