Testudo hermanni Gmelin 1789:1041

Holotype: MZUS 121; figured in Schoepff (1792: Pl. VIII); reproduced in Bour (1987a:114, Fig. 6) and Bour (2001:20, Pl. 6); holotype photographed in Bour (1987a:114, Fig. 7).

Testudo graeca bettai Lataste 1881:396

Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.4.54 (formerly 1920.1.20.814 and 1920.1.20.915, latter being an egg)(Bour 1987a:116).

Testudo hermanni robertmertensi Wermuth 1952:162

Holotype: SMF 37468 (Mertens 1967:52); photographed in the original description (p. 161, Figs. 5–6); paratypes (14), SMF 36232 plus 13 live specimens. Of the latter 13, only SMF 36771 is known to exist (Fritz et al. 1994:169).