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Testudo hermanni (Hermann's tortoise)
Taxonomy
Testudo hermanni was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.
It was recombined as Eurotestudo hermanni by Lapparent de Broin et al. (2006); it was recombined as Chersine hermanni by Bour and Ohler (2008), van Dijk et al. (2014), Vlachos and Rabi (2018) and Vlachos (2021).
It was recombined as Eurotestudo hermanni by Lapparent de Broin et al. (2006); it was recombined as Chersine hermanni by Bour and Ohler (2008), van Dijk et al. (2014), Vlachos and Rabi (2018) and Vlachos (2021).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1789 | Testudo hermanni Gmelin |
1995 | Testudo hermanni Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi p. 238 |
2006 | Eurotestudo hermanni Lapparent de Broin et al. |
2008 | Chersine hermanni Bour and Ohler |
2014 | Chersine hermanni van Dijk et al. |
2018 | Chersine hermanni Vlachos and Rabi p. 663 |
2021 | Chersine hermanni Vlachos |
2022 | Testudo hermanni Zoboli et al. |
2023 | Testudo hermanni Delfino et al. |
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Testudo hermanni Gmelin 1789 [Hermann's tortoise]
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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E. Vlachos 2021 | Within the more inclusive Testudo clade (or Testudo s.l.), fossils of the Hermann’s tortoises are easily distinguished by those of the derived Testudo, because of the absence of a hinge between the hypoplastra and the xiphiplastra. Another character that is quite useful, especially when working with isolated fragments, is the presence of marginals XII crossing the pygal plate |