• Parco Natura Viva, Bussolengo, Verona, Italy
  • Parco Natura Viva, Bussolengo, Verona, Italy
  • Parco Natura Viva, Bussolengo, Verona, Italy
  • Parco Natura Viva, Bussolengo, Verona, Italy
  • Parco Natura Viva, Bussolengo, Verona, Italy
  • Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
  • Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
  • Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
  • Safari Land Pet Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
  • Safari Land Pet Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
  • Safari Land Pet Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
  • Safari Land Pet Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
  • Safari Land Pet Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
  • Safari Land Pet Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
  • Parco Natura Viva, Bussolengo, Verona, Italy
  • Parco Natura Viva, Bussolengo, Verona, Italy
  • Parco Natura Viva, Bussolengo, Verona, Italy
  • Parco Natura Viva, Bussolengo, Verona, Italy
  • Parco Natura Viva, Bussolengo, Verona, Italy
  • Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
  • Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
  • Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
  • Safari Land Pet Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
  • Safari Land Pet Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
  • Safari Land Pet Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
  • Safari Land Pet Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
  • Safari Land Pet Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
  • Safari Land Pet Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

Photo Ark

Close Up Of A Herman's Tortoise

Testudo hermanni

Safari Land Pet Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

Near Threatened

The abundance of the species is regionally variable and is presented below by subspecies. Overall it is declining in the west of its range, but it is more stable in the Balkans.T.h.hermanni:France: It is restricted to the Maures and Esterel hill areas, where some 10 populations persist at present, at densities up to 11 animals per hectare (Stubbs 1989b; Cheylan 2001). Historically it was known from the French Pyrenean foothills (disappeared 1960-70s) and the Iles d'Hyeres (disappeared mid-19th Century). On Corsica it is mainly in the eastern and southern coastal regions, plus scattered populations near Corte and along the northern ... Read More

The main threats are: loss of habitat due to agricultural expansion and intensification; agro-chemicals and other pollution impacts; urbanisation and tourist infrastructure development; wildfires; collection for pet trade; genetic pollution; road mortality; and potentially disease impacts from released pet tortoises (Stubbs 1989b, Willemsen 1995). In Serbia the shell is used in traditional medicine. Read More

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van Dijk, P.P., Corti, C., Mellado, V.P. & Cheylan, M. 2004. Testudo hermanni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T21648A9306057. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T21648A9306057.en