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Hermann's tortoise can be kept indoors with adequate living conditions provided by the owner. It requires a heat lamp set at around 15–30 °C (59–86 °F) to provide a basking area. [ 11 ] A UVB bulb is also needed to help process and create vitamin D3 and prevents issues such as metabolic bone disease.
Testudo hermanni hermanni, also known as the Western Hermann's tortoise or known as the Italian tortoise, is a subspecies of tortoise. The subspecies has a rich golden yellow shell with sharp contrast. Behind the eye is a lack of a yellow patch which Testudo hermanni robertmertensi has. T. h.
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Kopet-Dag steppe tortoise, T. horsfieldii rustamovi; Subgenus Chersine. Hermann's tortoise, T. hermanni [1] Subspecies: Eastern Hermann's tortoise, T. hermanni boettgeri [1] Western Hermann's tortoise, T. hermanni hermanni [1] †Testudo hellenica (Miocene) Subgenus Testudo. Spur-thighed tortoise, Greek tortoise or common tortoise, T. graeca [1 ...
Spur-thighed tortoise VU [1] Testudo hermanni: Hermann's tortoise EN ...
Family: Testudinidae (tortoises) Subfamily: Testudininae. Hermann's tortoise, Testudo hermanni NT (ssp. hermanni: EN) (Southern Europe) Spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca VU (ssp. nikolskii: CR) (Southern Europe) Marginated tortoise, Testudo marginata LC (Southern Europe) Horsfield's tortoise, Testudo horsfieldi VU ; Family: Emydidae (pond ...
The other four species are Hermann's tortoise (T. hermanni), the Egyptian tortoise (T. kleinmanni), the marginated tortoise (T. marginata), and the Russian tortoise (A. horsfieldii). The Greek tortoise is a very long-lived animal, achieving a lifespan upwards of 125 years, with some unverified reports up to 200 years. [4]
Unlike other spurs, they serve no obvious function. In the spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca), both males and females have spurs. In a related tortoise, Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni), neither the male or female have thigh spurs but both have a spur on the tip of the tail which is larger in the male. [12]