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Testudo
 
Testudo antakyensis
 
Distribution: .
Testudo flavominimaralis
 
Distribution: .
Testudo graeca
 
Distribution: .
Testudo hermanni
 
Distribution: .
Testudo horsfieldii
 
Distribution: .
Testudo kleinmanni
 
Distribution: .
Testudo marginata Schoepff, 1792
Testudo campanulata Walbaum, 1782
Testudo graja Hermann, 1804
Testudo marginata sarda Mayer, 1992
Testudo nemoralis Schreiber, 1875
Testudo tabulata var. campanulata Walbaum, 1782
Distribution: Greece and Italy (introduced).
Testudo weissingeri Bour, 1996
 
Distribution: Greece.
Testudo werneri
 
Distribution: .
Literature
 
 
 
Bender, C. 2002. Teilnehmer gesucht - Fotodokumentation von jungen europäischen Landschildkröten (Testudo graeca, T. hermanni, T. marginata). elaphe, 10(3): 22-23.
Bender, C. & K. Henle. 2001. Individuelle fotografische Identifizierung von Landschildkröten-ARten (Testudinidae) des Anhangs A der europäischen Artenschutzverordnung. Salamandra, 37(4): 193-204.
Bour, R. 1987. L'identité des Tortues terrestres européennes: spécimens-types et localitiés-types. Rev. Franç. d'Aquariol., 13(4) [1986]: 111-122.
Bour, R. 1996. Une nouvelle espèce de tortue terrestre dans le Péloponnèse (Grèce). Dumerilia, 1995(2): 23-54.
Chondropoulos, B.P. & G. Chiras. 1997. Geographic Distribution. Testudo marginata. Herpetol. Rev., 28(4): 209.
 
Dinkel, J. 1974. Eine erfolgreiche Nachzucht der Breitrandschildkröte, Testudo marginata Schoepff. DATZ, 27(10): 353-356.
Dinkel, J. 1975. Et vellykket opdræt af bredrandskildpadden (Testudo marginata). NHF, 18(4): 82-91.
Ernst, C.H. & R.W. Barbour. 1989. Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., and London, 314 pp.
 
 
 
Heimann, E. 1993. Drei Zwillingspaare bei Testudo marginata. Salamandra, 29(3/4): 167-172.
Herz, M. 1994. Beobachtungen an Breitrandschildkröten Testudo marginata Schoepff, 1792 in freier Natur. Sauria, 16(1): 27-30.
Herz, M. 2002. Testudo hermanni boettgeri Mojsisovics, 1889 in Norddalmatien. Sauria, 24(4): 19-22.
Highfield, A.C. 1990. Tortoises of north Africa; taxonomy, nomenclature, phylogeny and evolution with notes on field studies in Tunisia. J. Chel. Herp., 1(2): 1-56.
Highfield, A.C. & J. Martin. 1989. A revision of the Testudines of North Africa, Asia and Europe Genus: Testudo. J. Chel. Herp., 1(1): 1-12.
Highfield, A.C. & J. Martin. 1989. Testudo whitei Bennett 1836 New light on an old carapace - Gilbert White's Selborne tortoise re-discovered. J. Chel. Herp., 1(1): 13-22.
Highfield, A.C. & J. Martin. 1989. Testudo graeca Linnaues 1758 & Testudo whitei Bennett 1836. Tortoise Survival Project, London.
Highfield, A.C. & J. Martin. 1989. Description of a miniature tortoise Testudo flavominimaralis n. species from North Africa. Tortoise Survival Project, London.
Iverson, J.B. 1992. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. Richmond, IN: Privately printed, 363 pp.
Kabisch, K. 1990. Eineiige Zwillinge bei Testudo graeca ibera Pallas, 1814. Sauria, 12(2): 15-16.
Kirsche, W. 1986. Zucht von Landschildkröten und Artenschutz. Zool. Garten N.F., 56(6): 389-402.
Kirsche, W. 1997. Die Landschildkröten Europas. Biologie, Pflege, Zucht und Schutz. Mergus Verlag, Melle, 104 pp.
Kleiner, M. 1983. Zur Haltung und Zucht von Testudo marginata (Schoepff 1792). herpetofauna, 5(23): 12-16.
 
Kock, D. & G. Storch. 1979. Testudo marginata Schoepff, 1792 aud den Nödlichen Sproraden, Ägäis. Salamandra, 15(2): 101-105.
Kuyl, A.C. van der, D.L.P. Ballasina, J.T. Dekker, J. Maas, R.E. Willemsen & J. Goudsmit. 2002. Phylogenetic Relationships among the Species of the Genus Testudo (Testudines: Testudinidae) Inferred from Mitochondrial 12S rRNA Gene Sequences. Mol. Phylo. Evol., 22: 174-183.
 
 
Mähn, M. 1996(1997). Siamesiche Zwillinge bei der Breitrandschildkröte Testudo marginata (Schoepff, 1792). Salamandra, 32(4): 259-262.
 
Obst, F.J. 1976. Ein Siamesischer Zwilling der Vierzehenschildkröte Agrionemys horsfieldii (Gray). Aquar. Terrar., 23(5/6): 174-175.
 
Perälä, J. 2002. Occurrence and taxonomic significance of thigh-spurs in Testudo marginata Schoepff, 1792 and Testudo weissingeri Bour, 1995 (Testudines: Testudinidae). Herpetozoa, 14(3/4): 123-126.
 
 
 
Sanz, A. & F.J. Valverde. 2000. Testudo marginata. Care and Breeding of the Margined Tortoise. Reptilia, 11: 56-61.
 
Schleich, H.-H. 1982. Ein Fall von Cheloniophagie bei der Griechischen Eidechsennatter, Malpolon monspessulanus insignitus (Geoffroy) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). Salamandra, 18(3/4): 354-355.
Schoepff, J.D. 1792. Historia Testudinum Iconibus Illustrata. J.J. Palm, Erlangae [=Erlangen]. xii + 136 pp.
 
 
 
Shaw, G. 1802. General Zoology or Systematic Natural History. Volume III. Part I. Amphibia. G. Kearsley, London, 312 pp.
Trapp, B. 2003. Testudo marginata SCHOEPFF 1792 - Breitrandschildkröte. Reptilia, 8(3): 51-54.
Trapp, B. 2003. Testudo marginata - Marginated Tortoise. Reptilia, (31): 39-42.
Türkozan, O., Y. Kumlutas & C. Ilgaz. 2001. On the Possible Occurrence of the Marginated Tortoise, Testudo marginata, in Turkey. Chel. Conserv. Biol., 4(1): 208-210.
 
Willemsen, R.E. & A. Hailey. 1999. Variation of adult body size of the tortoise Testudo hermanni in Greece: proximate and ultimate causes. J. Zool., 248: 379-396.