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Greek Tortoise

Testudo graeca

Photo by Ingrid3
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Field Notes

Description:

large foot long tortoise

Habitat:

gardens around the Temple of Hephaestos, Agora of Athens, Acropolis base, seminatural

Notes:

There was a population of these tortoises there, feeding on LAWN! and running around, yep, pretty fast for tortoises, in the more natural needle covered grounds

Species ID Suggestions

Greek tortoise

Testudo graeca

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Comments (1)
DanielePralong
Hi Ingrid3! This tortoise is in the genus Testudo. Do you by any chance have have a picture of the back and the tail?

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