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The Russian tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii), also commonly known as the Afghan tortoise, the Central Asian tortoise, the four-clawed tortoise, the four-toed tortoise, Horsfield's tortoise, the Russian steppe tortoise, the Soviet Tortoise, and the steppe tortoise, [3] [4] is a threatened species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae.
The following extant species in the following subgenera are placed here: Genus Testudo. Subgenus Agrionemys. Russian tortoise or Horsfield's tortoise, T. horsfieldii [1] Subspecies: Central Asian tortoise, T. horsfieldii horsfieldii; Fergana Valley steppe tortoise, T. horsfieldii bogdanovi; Kazakhstan steppe tortoise, T. horsfieldii kazakhstanica
Family: Dactyloidae (anoles and related species) Green anole, Anolis carolinensis LC (Spain - introduced) Family: Gekkonidae. Caspian straight-fingered gecko, Alsophylax pipiens LC ; Caspian naked-fingered gecko, Tenuidactylus caspius LC (Russia, Georgia) Kotschy's naked-toed gecko, Mediodactylus kotschyi LC (southern Europe) and: [n 1]
This is Dolly, the 3-year-old Boxer, who has been meeting the new rescues in the house—two Russian Tortoises. By the looks of this sweet clip, Dolly fell head over heels for the two tortoises ...
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Although some factors indicate this might be correct, [6] the data at hand are not unequivocally in support and the relationships between Hermann's and the Russian tortoise among each other and to the other species placed in Testudo are not robustly determined. Hence, it seems doubtful that the new genus will be accepted for now.
Manouria is either the most basal or second most basal member of the family Testudinidae (its phylogenetic position is adjacent to that of Gopherus). [1] [2] As a result, while tortoises are primarily terrestrial, the genus Manouria is a model for the evolutionary transition to terrestriality, as it still has an affinity for aquatic environments, and has retained some ancestral adaptations for ...