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Spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) in dry grassland habitat

Reptiles

Land turtles of Georgia

The atlas has one land tortoise — Testudo graeca. Freshwater species are on a separate guide.

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Land

A domed shell, not a pond turtle

The profile: a high domed terrestrial shell, a horny beak, slow movement on land. Habitat: dry meadows, scrub, and open foothills.

Subspecies differ in eastern and western Georgia. The map colours Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kartli, Kakheti, and Tbilisi. Conservation text is generic — the national Red List is not cited on this profile.

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1 land tortoise

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Four turtles in one index — land, native freshwater, and the introduced slider.

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Field key: land or water, slider or native, Emys or Mauremys.

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Freshwater turtles

European pond turtle, Caspian turtle, and the introduced red-eared slider.

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One in the atlas: the spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca).

The land shell is high and domed; water turtles have a flatter shell. The ID guide collects that contrast.

The profile says subspecies differ in eastern and western Georgia. The map colours Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kartli, Kakheti, and Tbilisi.

This is a field atlas, not husbandry advice. See the profile and the law.

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