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SpeciesTestudinidae
Reptiles

🐢Greek tortoise

Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758

The Greek tortoise, also known commonly as the Moorish tortoise and the spur-thighed tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is a medium-sized herbivorous testudinid, widely distributed in the Mediterranean region.

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Also called
Testudo graeca, Common Tortoise, Moorish Tortoise, Spur-thighed Tortoise
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 1996.

Key measurements
Body mass
1.43 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 Greek tortoise

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Body mass
1.43 kgrecord 4.98 kg · ReptTraits
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

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

Maximum lifespan
127 yearsrecord 116 years · ReptTraits
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

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

Diet
Herbivorous
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Foraging mode
ACT
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Venomous
No
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Snout–vent length
0.18 mmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

By sex

  • Female0.18 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
  • Male0.14 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
Volume l
1.4 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 Greek tortoise yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classTestudines
  4. ›familyTestudinidae
  5. ›genusTestudo
  6. ›speciesTestudo graeca
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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In other languages
Testudo graeca (es), Testudo graeca (fr), żółw śródziemnomorski (pl), צב יבשה מצוי (he), mór teknős (hu), Testudo graeca (it) … and 22 more languages
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