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Greek Tortoise: Species Profile
Common Name: Greek tortoise, spur-thighed tortoise Scientific Name: Testudo graeca Adult Size: Up to 10 inches long Life ...
Alagba, Nigeria's royal tortoise alleged to be the oldest in Africa, lived to the estimated age of 344 before its death on ...
Like many threatened land turtle species, the spur-thighed tortoise had no complete genome. For the first time, researchers have successfully sequenced the genome of the spur-thighed tortoise ...
The Western Caspian turtle and the spur-thighed tortoise were known to inhabit the Levant during the period that the cave was occupied. Their slowness made them easy prey and in some cases ...
He was given to presenter Helen Skelton by Dogs Trust. Shelley is a female Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise who first appeared on the programme in 2004 as a friend to George the tortoise.