Well, what do you say? He's a local craigslist find. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Last edited by a moderator:
Greek I.D. number 5 million
- Thread starter Az tortoise compound
- Start date
- Status
He looks like a Syrian Greek, Testudo graeca terrestris to me.
When everyone else looks at this and says why isn't it T.g.antakyensis, well
. Not to long ago they designated a new type specimen for T.g.terrestris as there wasn't one in any museum. Forsskal visited 4 places where he saw tortoises around 1770, but didn't collect any. Syria was picked for the new type specimen, so that now makes T.g.antakyensis a junior synonym of T.g.terrestris. Just to keep everyone on their toes.
Danny
When everyone else looks at this and says why isn't it T.g.antakyensis, well
. Not to long ago they designated a new type specimen for T.g.terrestris as there wasn't one in any museum. Forsskal visited 4 places where he saw tortoises around 1770, but didn't collect any. Syria was picked for the new type specimen, so that now makes T.g.antakyensis a junior synonym of T.g.terrestris. Just to keep everyone on their toes. Danny
- Status
