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Testudo hermanni (Hermann’s Tortoise; Hermann’s Tortoise)

Synonyms:

Infraspecies

Testudo hermanni boettgeri (Hermann's tortoise)
Testudo hermanni hermanni (Balkan Hermann's tortoise)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.754 lbs (1.249 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  8 grams
Female Weight [1]  2.822 lbs (1.28 kg)
Egg Length [1]  1.339 inches (34 mm)
Egg Width [1]  1.102 inches (28 mm)
Gestation [1]  68 days
Litter Size [3]  6
Litters / Year [3]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  127 years
Female Maturity [2]  12 years 6 months
Male Maturity [2]  12 years 6 months

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey No

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Turtles and Tortoises Demographic Traits Database for CITES Listed Species ver. 01, Species360 (2018)
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0