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Testudo hermanni (Hermann's tortoise)

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

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).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Testudo hermanni Gmelin
1995Testudo hermanni Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi p. 238
2006Eurotestudo hermanni Lapparent de Broin et al.
2008Chersine hermanni Bour and Ohler
2014Chersine hermanni van Dijk et al.
2018Chersine hermanni Vlachos and Rabi p. 663
2021Chersine hermanni Vlachos
2022Testudo hermanni Zoboli et al.
2023Testudo hermanni Delfino et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyTestudininae
tribeTestudininiBatsch 1788
genusTestudo
specieshermanniGmelin 1789

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Testudo hermanni Gmelin 1789 [Hermann's tortoise]
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Vlachos 2021Within 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