🐢Hermann's tortoise
La tortuga mediterránea (Testudo hermanni) es una de las cinco especies de tortuga clasificadas tradicionalmente dentro el género Testudo, compartiendo género con especies próximas como la tortuga marginada (T. marginata), la tortuga egipcia (T. kleinmanni), la tortuga mora (T. graeca) o la tortuga rusa (T. horsfieldii). Se trata de reptiles herbívoros y diurnos que generalmente pueden alcanzar edades comparables a las de los humanos, y que se distribuyen desde la península ibérica, al oeste, hasta el límite sur del mar Negro, al este. Junto a la tortuga marginada (T. marginata) es la única tortuga terrestre de distribución íntegramente europea. La destrucción de sus hábitat y su popularidad como animales de compañía han diezmado significativamente las poblaciones salvajes y han hecho indispensable su protección para asegurar el futuro de la especie a largo plazo.[cita requerida]
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.
- 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
Everything we know about the Hermann's tortoise
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.25 kgrecord 7.36 kg · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: low
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Maximum lifespan127 yearsmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietHerbivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCathemeralReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Foraging modeACTReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousNoReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Snout–vent length0.28 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.2 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classTestudines
- ›familyTestudinidae
- ›genusTestudo
- ›speciesTestudo hermanni
- orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
- superfamilyTestudinoidea
- familyTestudinidae
- genusTestudo
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
- suborderCryptodira
- superfamilyTestudinoidea
- familyTestudinidae
- genusTestudo
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