Hermann's tortoise

Hermann's tortoise
	Testudo hermanni hermanni on Majorca
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Testudinidae
Genus:	Testudo
Species:	T. hermanni
Binomial name
	Testudo hermanni; Gmelin, 1789
	Range map.; Western green population is hermanni, eastern blue boettgeri and red hercegovinensis.
Synonyms
	T. h. hermanni Testudo hermanni ; Gmelin, 1789; Testudo graeca bettai ; Lataste, 1881; Testudo hermanni hermanni ; — Wermuth, 1952; Testudo hermanni robertmertensi ; Wermuth, 1952; Protestudo hermanni ; — Chkhikvadze, 1983; Agrionemys hermanni ; — Gmira, 1993; Testudo hermanii [sic] ; Gerlach, 2001 ; (ex errore); Testudo hermannii [sic] ; Claude & Tong, 2004 ; (ex errore); Eurotestudo hermanni ; — Lapparent de Broin et al., 2006; T. h. boettgeri Testudo graeca var. boettgeri ; Mojsisovics, 1889; Testudo graeca var. hercegovinensis ; F. Werner, 1899; Testudo enriquesi ; Parenzan, 1932; Testudo hermanni boettgeri ; — Bour, 1987; Testudo boettgeri ; — Artner, Budischek & Froschauer, 2000; Testudo hercegovinensis ; — Perälä, 2002; Testudo boettgeri boettgeri ; — Artner, 2003; Testudo boettgeri hercegovinensis ; — Artner, 2003; Testudo hermanni hercegovinensis ; — Vinke & Vinke, 2004; Eurotestudo boettgeri ; — Lapperent de Broin et al., 2006; Eurotestudo hercegovinensis ; — Lapparent de Broin et al., 2006;

Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni) is a species of tortoise native to Europe.

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