Testudo hermanni

Taxonavigation

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: Testudo
Subgenus: Chersine
Species: Testudo hermanni
Subspecies: T. h. hermanni – T. h. boettgeri – T. h. hercegoviensis

Name

• Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789
  • Holotype: MZUS 121
  • Type locality: unknown (Wermuth & Mertens 1977)

References

• Gmelin, J.F. 1789. Caroli a Linné Systema naturae. 13. ed., Tom 1 Pars 3. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae. 1033-1516 pp.
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B. & van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. ISBN 978-1-5323-5026-9. DOI: 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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