Wild Greek Tortoise walking in natural environment, mountain near Kalamaki. Zante, Greece, 2009
Wikipedia 2009 Hermann's Tortoise (Testudo hermanni) is one of five tortoise species traditionally placed in the genus Testudo, which also includes the well-known Marginated Tortoise (T. marginata), Greek Tortoise (T. graeca), and Russian Tortoise (T. horsfieldii), for example. Three subspecies are known: the Western Hermann's Tortoise (T. h. hermanni), the Eastern Hermann's Tortoise ( boettgeri) and Dalmatian Tortoise ( hercegovinensis). Sometimes mentioned subspecies peleponnesica is not yet confirmed to be genetically different to boettgeri. Testudo hermanni can be found throughout southern Europe. The western population (hermanni) is found in eastern Spain, southern France, the Baleares islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, south and central Italy (Tuscany). The eastern population (boettgeri) Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, and Greece. While hercegovinensis populates coasts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro.
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Location: Mountain near Kalamaki. Zante, Greece, 2009
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