Tunisian Tortoise (Testudo nabeulensis) Familie: Tortoises (Testudinidae) Orden: Turtles (Testudines).

Size:  Does not attain as large a size as the Spur-thighed Tortoise, presumably no more than 20 cm. Distribution:  Tunisia and northwestern Libya. References: Fritz, U. (ed.). 2001. Handbuch der Retilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 3/IIIA. Schildkröten (Testudines) I (Bataguridae, Testudinidae, Emydidae). AULA-Verlag, Wiebelsheim. 594 pp. Pieh, A. & Perälä, J. 2002. Variabilität von Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758 im östlichen Nordafrika mit Beschreibung eines neuen Taxons von der Cyrenaika (Nordostlibyen). Herpetozoa 15(1/2): 3-28. Text & layout: Rune Midtgaard

Gallery Home The Tunisian Tortoise is closely related to the Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca), and experts are not sure whether it is a separate species or just a race of the latter. © Rune Midtgaard.