Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Reptilia > Order Testudines > Suborder Cryptodira > Superfamily Testudinoidea > Family Testudinidae > Genus Testudo

Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758

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Taxon Status: accepted

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*Testudo*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

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Albanian: breshka greke sources: DHORA, DH. 2008: Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Shipobedrenа kostenurkа; Шипобедрена костенурка sources: Bulgarian PESI focal point

Danish: Maurisk landskildpadde

Dutch: Moorse landschildpad

English: Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise; Spur-thighed Mediterranean land Tortoise; Spur-thighed Tortoise sources: Domina, Gianniantonio (University Palermo, Department Botanical Sciences (DPCE))

English-United States: Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise; Spur-thighed Mediterranean land Tortoise; Spur-thighed Tortoise

French: Tortue grecque; Tortue mauresque

German: Maurische Landschildkröte sources: Germany PESI focal point

Greek: Γραικοχελώνα sources: Greek PESI focal point

Israel (Hebrew): צב-יבשה פלאואר sources: Hebrew PESI focal point

Italian: Testuggine greca sources: italian PESI focal point

Lithuanian: Viduržemio vėžlys sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point

Romanian: Broasca ţestoasă de uscat dobrogeana sources: Romania PESI focal point

Russian: греческая черепаха sources: Russian PESI focal point

Slovenian: mavrska kornjača sources: Slovenian PESI focal point

Spanish, Castillian: Tortuga mora sources: spanish PESI focal point

Turkish: Adi tosbağa; Mahmuzlu akdeniz kaplumbağası; Yaygin tosbaga; Yaygın tosbağa sources: Turkish PESI focal point

Ukrainian: Середземноморська черепаха; Черепаха середземноморська

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Prof. Alain Dubois. Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=214789

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2004-05-10 by Prof. Alain Dubois

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