🐢Russian tortoise
The Central Asian tortoise, also commonly known as the Afghan tortoise, the steppe tortoise, the Russian tortoise, Horsfield's tortoise, the four-clawed tortoise, the four-toed tortoise, the Russian steppe tortoise, the Soviet tortoise, is a threatened species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Central Asia from the Caspian Sea south through Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and east across Kazakhstan to Xinjiang, China. Human activities in its native habitat contribute to its threatened status.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 1996.
- Body mass
- 4.12 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 40 years
Everything we know about the Russian tortoise
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass4.12 kgmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan40 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 length0.49 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female0.49 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
- Male0.42 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
Volume l4.1 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 Russian tortoise yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classTestudines
- ›familyTestudinidae
- ›genusTestudo
- ›speciesTestudo horsfieldii
- 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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