Greek Tortoise
Testudo graeca
Reptilia
VULNERABLE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 50-125 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Mediterranean shrubland
- Range
- Mediterranean region
- Movement
- Walking
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Armor
- Status
- Vulnerable
About
The Greek tortoise is a long-lived Mediterranean reptile whose highly domed carapace is patterned with dark-edged polygonal scutes in yellow-olive and black. Wild individuals are known to live well over 100 years, and they are one of only five species in the genus Testudo.
Life cycle
- 1.hatchlingA coin-sized hatchling digs out of the nest and makes its own way to water or shelter.
- 2.juvenileA juvenile turtle's shell hardens and grows yearly rings as it forages on its own.
- 3.adultFully grown with adult shell size and markings.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Testudinidae
- Genus
- Testudo
- Species
- Testudo graeca