Testudinidae Testudo hermanni Trionyx triunguis
Testudo marginata Schoepff, 1792
Marginated Tortoise
Testudo marginata weissingeri Bour, 1995 (Greece - Peloponnese, on Taygetos mountain, between Kalamata (Messenia) and Areopoli (Laconia) - is regarded by some authors as a different species.
T. marginata (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Loutsa (Parga), Greece, June 1996
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
T. marginata (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Kalamata, Greece
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
T. marginata (© Anthony Papadopoulos)

Adult, Pelion peninsula, Greece
(Photo by Anthony Papadopoulos, Mt. Pelion Nature Link, Greece)
T. marginata (© Anthony Papadopoulos)

Adult, Pelion peninsula, Greece
(Photo by Anthony Papadopoulos, Mt. Pelion Nature Link, Greece)
T. marginata (© Jan Van Der Voort)

Adult ssp. weissingeri Bour, 1996, Kardamili, Messinia, Greece, April 2003
(Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)
T. marginata (© Jan Van Der Voort)

Adult ssp. weissingeri Bour, 1996, Kardamili, Messinia, Greece, April 2003
(Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)
T. marginata (© Jan Van Der Voort)

Adult ssp. weissingeri Bour, 1996, Kardamili, Messinia, Greece, April 2003
(Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)
T. marginata (© Jan Van Der Voort)

Adult ssp. weissingeri Bour, 1996, Kardamili, Messinia, Greece, April 2003
(Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)
T. marginata (© Jan Van Der Voort)

Adult ssp. weissingeri Bour, 1996, Kardamili, Messinia, Greece, April 2003
(Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)
Distribution:
Greece except north and north-east but including some Aegean islands, extreme southern Albania; introduced and still present in northeastern Sardinia and few sites on Italian mainland; weissingeri: mainly eastern Taygetos (Peloponnese) but has been mentioned north of Kalamata
Similar species:
Testudo graeca (Testudinidae)
Testudo hermanni (Testudinidae)
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