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MEDITERRANEAN SPUR-THIGHED TORTOISE
Greek Tortoise
  Testudo graeca

John Fowler & Rachel Barnes

Distribution:- Spain (introduced to Mallorca, Formentera)
Italy including Sardinia and Sicily (introduced), France (introduced),
N Greece (including Aegean islands, e.g. Limnos, Lesbos, Chios, Samos, Samothraki, Kos),
Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey,
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iran, N Iraq
Russia (eastwards to Transcaucasus; Dagestan),
according to the 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals:
Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Egypt, France, E Republic of Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Moldova, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan

Comments:-  Grows up to about 30 cm (1ft) 


Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca ibera) photographed on Kos Island, Greece, where they are very common.

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