Spur-thighed Tortoise, Testudo graeca

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Spur-thighed Tortoise, Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758

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Testudo graeca ibera.
Adult specimen from Kos, Greece - © Franck Paysant

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Testudo graeca ibera.
Juvenile specimen from Kos, Greece - © Franck Paysant

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Testudo graeca ibera (thermoregulation).
Adult specimen from Kos, Greece - © Franck Paysant

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Testudo graeca ibera.
Habitat from Kos, Greece - © Franck Paysant

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Testudo graeca ibera.
Habitat from Kos, Greece - © Franck Paysant

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Testudo graeca ibera.
Adult specimen from Lemnos, Greece - © Franck Paysant

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Did you see "Siamese twins" in tortoises before? Here you can see Omphalopagus twins that two bodies fused at the lower chest. This conjoined turtles has 2 heads, 2 hearts, 4 forelegs and two hindlegs as well as a shared cloaca (anus). It is found in Manisa province in November, 2010 and now under protection in our Nature Life Park..
Juvenile specimen from Manisa Province, Turkey - © Bayram Gocmen

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