Marginated tortoise

Marginated tortoise
Left: Greek marginated tortoise (T. m. marginata)
Right: Sardinian marginated tortoise (T. m. sarda)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Testudo
Species:
T. marginata
Binomial name
Testudo marginata
Schoepff, 1789
Subspecies
  • Greek marginated tortoise (T. m. marginata)
    — Schoepff, 1789
  • Sardinian marginated tortoise (T. m. sarda)
    — Mayer, 1992
Synonyms[2]
  • Testudo marginata
    Schoepff, 1793
  • Testudo graja
    Hermann, 1793
  • Chersine marginata
    — Merrem, 1820
  • Chersus marginatus
    — Wagler, 1830
  • Testudo campanulata
    Gray, 1831 (nomen nudum)
  • Testudo graji
    Gray, 1831 (ex errore)
  • Testudo campanulata
    Strauch, 1862
  • Peltastes marginatus
    — Gray, 1869
  • Peltastes marginata
    — Gray, 1872
  • Testudo nemoralis
    Schreiber, 1875
  • Testudo marginata sarda
    Mayer, 1992
  • Testudo marginata weissingeri
    Trutnau, 1994
  • Testudo weissingeri
    Bour, 1996
  • Testudo marginata marginata
    — Rogner, 1996

The marginated tortoise (Testudo marginata) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Greece, Italy, and the Balkans in Southern Europe. It is the largest European tortoise. The marginated tortoise is herbivorous, and brumates for the winter.[3]

  1. ^ Luiselli, L. (2024). "Testudo marginata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T21653A2777760. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  2. ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 302–303. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. S2CID 87809001.
  3. ^ Escoriza, Daniel; Tzoras, Elias; Bringsøe, Henrik (5 September 2023). "Testudo marginata Schoepff 1793 – Marginated Tortoise, Kraspedochelóna, Breshka Malore, Testuggine MarginataTestudo marginata Schoepff 1793 – Marginated Tortoise, Kraspedochelóna, Breshka Malore, Testuggine Marginata". Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises. Chelonian Research Monographs. Vol. 5 (First ed.). Chelonian Research Foundation and Turtle Conservancy. doi:10.3854/crm.5.122.marginata.v1.2023. ISBN 978-0-9653540-9-7.