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SpeciesTestudinidae
Reptiles

🐢Hermann's tortoise

Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789

Шипоопашатата костенурка (Testudo hermanni) е вид влечуго, един от четирите европейски представителя на семейството на Сухоземните костенурки (Testudinidae). Шипоопашатата костенурка достига до 3 – 4 kg тегло (източният подвид е по-едър) и 28 cm дължина. Много подобна е сродната ѝ шипобедрена костенурка (Testudo graeca), която също се среща на територията на България.

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Also called
Hermann’s tortoise
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
1.25 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
127 years
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Everything we know about the Hermann's tortoise

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Body mass
1.25 kgrecord 7.36 kg · ReptTraits
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data quality: low

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Maximum lifespan
127 yearsmaximum recorded
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Diet
Herbivorous
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Activity cycle
Cathemeral
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Foraging mode
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Venomous
No
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Snout–vent length
0.28 mmaximum recorded
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Volume l
1.2 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Hermann's tortoise yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classTestudines
  4. ›familyTestudinidae
  5. ›genusTestudo
  6. ›speciesTestudo hermanni
Full lineage
  1. orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
  2. superfamilyTestudinoidea
  3. familyTestudinidae
  4. genusTestudo
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
  10. suborderCryptodira
  11. superfamilyTestudinoidea
  12. familyTestudinidae
  13. genusTestudo
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želva zelenavá (cs), Testudo hermanni (es), Tortue d'Hermann (fr), gresk landskilpadde (nb), шипоопашата костенурка (bg), tortuga mediterrània (ca) … and 24 more languages
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