Testudinidae Gray, 1825

Avanzini, Marco, García-Ramos, José Carlos, Lires, José, Menegon, Michele, Piñuela, Laura & Fernández, Luis Alfonso, 2005, Turtle tracks from the Late Jurassic of Asturias, Spain, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 (4), pp. 743-755 : 749-750

Family Testudinidae Gray, 1825

Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789 .—Hermann’s tortoise is a small to medium sized terrestrial tortoise occurring in southern Europe. This species is a typical member of Testudo . Both the males and females have a large horny scale or nail on the end of their tails. Adult males tend to be smaller than females, have a slight plastral concavity, and have much larger and longer tails. Typical habitat in the wild is variable, including woods, scrub, heath, grassland, and farmland.

Testudo marginata Schoepf, 1792 .—Marginated tortoise is a medium−sized tortoise originally native to Greece; one of the largest of the Mediterranean species. It is a terrestrial species; typical habitat is arid, scrubby, rocky hillsides, where the tortoises spend mornings and late afternoons browsing on weeds, shrubs, and flowers while resting in the shade during the hottest afternoon hours.