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Herman's Tortoise

Hermann's tortoise
Testudo hermanni hermanni Mallorca 02.jpg
Testudo hermanni hermanni on Majorca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Testudo (disputed)
Species: T. hermanni
Binomial name
Testudo hermanni
Gmelin, 1789
Testudo hermanni range map.jpg
Range map.
Western green population is hermanni, eastern blue boettgeri and red hercegovinensis.
Synonyms
T. h. hermanni
  • Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789
  • Testudo graeca bettai Lataste, 1881
  • Testudo hermanni hermanni Wermuth, 1952
  • Testudo hermanni robertmertensi Wermuth, 1952
  • Protestudo hermanni Chkhikvadze, 1983
  • Agrionemys hermanni Gmira, 1993
  • Testudo hermanii Gerlach, 2001 (ex errore)
  • Testudo hermannii Claude & Tong, 2004 (ex errore)
T. h. boettgeri
  • Testudo enriquesi Parenzan, 1932
  • Testudo hermanni boettgeri Bour, 1987
  • Testudo boettgeri Artner, Budischek & Froschauer, 2000
  • Testudo hercegovinensis Perälä, 2002
  • Testudo boettgeri boettgeri Artner, 2003
  • Testudo boettgeri hercegovinensis Artner, 2003
  • Testudo hermanni hercegovinensis Vinke & Vinke, 2004

Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni) is one of five tortoise species traditionally placed in the genus Testudo, the others being the marginated tortoise (T. marginata), Greek tortoise (T. graeca, or spur-thighed tortoise), Russian tortoise (T. horsfieldii ), and Kleinmann's tortoise (T. kleinmanni, or Egyptian tortoise). Two subspecies are known: the western Hermann's tortoise (T. h. hermanni ) and the eastern Hermann's tortoise (T. h. boettgeri ). Sometimes mentioned as a subspecies, T. h. peleponnesica is not yet confirmed to be genetically different from T. h. boettgeri.

The specific epithet, hermanni, honors French naturalist Johann Hermann.

Testudo hermanni can be found throughout southern Europe. The western population (T. h. hermanni ) is found in eastern Spain, southern France, the Balearic islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, south and central Italy (Tuscany). The eastern population (T. h. boettgeri ) inhabits Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Turkey and Greece, while T. h. hercegovinensis populates the coasts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Montenegro.


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