Testudo graeca Linnaeus 1758 (Eastern Subspecies Clades: Testudo g. armeniaca, Testudo g. buxtoni, Testudo g. ibera, Testudo g. terrestris, Testudo g. zarudnyi) – Armenian Tortoise, Zagros Tortoise, Anatolian Tortoise, Levantine Tortoise, Kerman Tortoise
Journal: Chelonian research monographs
Year: 2023

The eastern clades of the Spur-thighed Tortoise, Testudo graeca (Family Testudinidae), include small to medium-sized (maximum straightline carapace lengths [SCL] typically ≤ 30 cm, but possibly up to 46.0 cm) tortoise subspecies clades native to the Balkans (southeastern Europe) and southwestern Asia.Within this vast geographic distribution, the species occupies Mediterranean, Mediterranean-continental, and steppe climates, as well as the margins of hot deserts.In southeastern Turkey and Iran, i