20th century, Megalochelys/Colossochelys was considered synonymous with Testudo, and later Geochelone. Today, Colossochelys is regarded as a junior synonym...

dubium) Testudo porteri Rothschild, 1903 C. n. vicina Testudo microphyes Günther, 1875 Testudo vicina Günther, 1875 Testudo güntheri Baur, 1889 Testudo macrophyes...

Testudo, the Mediterranean tortoises, are a genus of tortoises found in North Africa, Western Asia, and Europe. Several species are under threat in the...

Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni) is a species of tortoise native to Europe. The specific epithet, hermanni, honors French naturalist Johann Hermann...

The Russian tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii), also commonly known as the Afghan tortoise, the Central Asian tortoise, the four-clawed tortoise, the four-toed...

(Testudo graeca), also known commonly as the spur-thighed tortoise or Moorish tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. Testudo graeca...

Dermochelyidae. Domenico Agostino Vandelli named the species first in 1761 as Testudo coriacea after an animal captured at Ostia and donated to the University...

The marginated tortoise (Testudo marginata) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Greece, Italy, and the Balkans...

ridged scales" (translation). It was first scientifically described as Testudo terrestris in 1765 by Spanish zoologist Fermín Zanón Cervera, but the same...

nomenclature: Tortoise phylogeny and the shifting generic concepts of Testudo and Geochelone". Zoology. 110 (4): 298–307. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2007.02...

zwey Kupfern ". Leipzig: J.G. Müller. xlviii + 364 pp. + corrigenda. (Testudo ferox, new species, pp. 330–334). (in German and Latin). Smith, H.M.; Brodie...

used the species as its nickname (the Maryland Terrapins) and mascot (Testudo) since 1933, and the school newspaper has been named The Diamondback since...

with many submissions, the ICZN eventually decided to conserve the name Testudo gigantea over this recently used name (ICZN 2013). This also affected the...

Kleinmann's tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni), also called commonly the Egyptian tortoise, Leith's tortoise, and the Negev tortoise, is a critically endangered...

Trionychidae)". Amphibia-Reptilia 1: 61-74. Webb RG (1980). "The identity of Testudo punctata Lacépède, 1788 (Testudines, Trionychidae)". Bulletin du Muséum...

turtles and tortoises to the genus Testudo and described this species as Testudo denticulata in 1766. Soon the term Testudo was only being used for tortoises...

Fens, Brecks and Broads. Fossil evidence shows that E. orbicularis and Testudo hermanni were both present in Sardinia during the Pleistocene, but molecular...

method of determining whether a member of the tortoise species Testudo graeca or Testudo hermanni is maintaining its optimum bodyweight, which is necessary...

1766) Synonyms List (K. s. scorpioides) Testudo scorpioides Linnaeus, 1766 Testudo tricarinata Retzius, 1792 Testudo retzii Daudin, 1801 Emys retzii Schweigger...

Centrochelys Species: †C. burchardi Binomial name †Centrochelys burchardi (Ahl, 1926) Synonyms Testudo burchardi Ahl, 1926 Geochelone burchardi (Ahl, 1926)...

in Kiriri. Red footed tortoises were originally assigned to the genus Testudo (named by Carl Linnaeus in 1758) for a short time, but it soon became the...

time, almost all turtles were classified in the genus Testudo, and he gave it the name Testudo odorata. In 1825, John Edward Gray created the genus Sternotherus...

France, Miocene Testudo Testudo graeca, Greek tortoise, spur-thighed tortoise, Moorish tortoise Testudo hermanni, Hermann's tortoise Testudo horsfieldii,...

originally described in 1885 by French zoologist Léon Vaillant, who named it Testudo yniphora (from Ancient Greek ὕνις (húnis) 'ploughshare', and -φόρος (-phóros) 'bearer')...

Testudinidae Genus: Testudo Greek tortoise, Testudo graeca VU IUCN Hermann's tortoise, Testudo hermanni NT IUCN Marginated tortoise, Testudo marginata LC IUCN...

Russia: Kayserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften. 508 pp. + Plates I-LII. (Testudo caspica, new species, p. 59 + Plates X & XL). (in German). Valenciennes...

Working Group (TTWG) (2017). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.) (PDF)...

independently by two French zoologists: as Testudo reticularia by Pierre André Latreille, and as Testudo reticulata by François Marie Daudin. Both descriptions...

Xerobates berlandieri Agassiz, 1857 Testudo berlandieri — Strauch, 1862 Xerobates gopher berlandieri — Gray, 1873 Testudo tuberculata Berlandier, 1882 (nomen...

Testudo verreauxii Rochebrune, 1884 Testudo fiski Boulenger, 1886 Testudo smithi Boulenger, 1886 Testudo fiskii Boulenger, 1889 (ex errore) Testudo smithii...