Testudo graeca

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: Testudo
Subgenus: Testudo
Species:
Subspecies (10): T. g. armeniaca – T. g. buxtoni – T. g. cyrenaica – T. g. graeca – T. g. ibera – T. g. marokkensis – T. g. nabeulensis – T. g. terrestris – T. g. whitei – T. g. zarudnyi

Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758: 198

• Holotype (Icnotype): Plate 204 of Edwards 1751.
• Type locality: “Africa”.

• Testudo pusilla Linnaeus, 1758: 199
  • Syntypes (icnotypes): Grow. mus. 38 t. 3 f. 3; Worm. mus. 313; and Raj. quadr. 259.
  • Type locality: “India”.

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

• Ananjeva, N.B., Milto, K.D., Barabanov, A.V. & Golynsky, E.A. 2010. An annotated type catalogue of amphibians and reptiles collected by Nikolay A. Zarudny in Iran and Middle Asia. Zootaxa 4722(2): 101–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.2.1. . Reference page. 
• TTWG (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group) 2021. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 8: 1–472. DOI: 10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021 PDF. Reference page. 

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