What is Hermanns tortoises?
[[File:Testudo hermanni hermanni Mallorca 02.jpg|thumb|right|230px|{{Center|Hermann's tortoise on [[Mallorca]]}}]] The '''Hermann's tortoise''' ('''''Testudo hermanni''''' ) is a small to medium size [[species]] of [[tortoise]].<ref name=ConnorCTTC>{{cite web |url=http://tortoise.org/archives/herman.html|title=Hermann's Tortoise, Testudo hermanni|author=Michael J. Connor|publisher=California Turtle & Tortoise Club|access-date=25 September 2015}}</ref> They are [[Indigenous (ecology)|native]] to [[south]]ern [[Europe]].<ref name=ConnorCTTC/> They also live in nearby [[islands]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]].<ref name=Bartlett10> Richard D. Bartlett; Patricia Pope Bartlett; Michele Earle-Bridges, ''Turtles and Tortoises'' (Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 2006), p. 10</ref> Their [[range (biology)|range]] is from [[Romania]] and [[Greece]] to southern [[Spain]].<ref name=LavenderADW>{{cite web |url=http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Testudo_hermanni/|title=Testudo hermanni Hermanns Tortoise |author=Lindsey Lavender|date=2012|publisher=Animal Diversity Web|access-date=25 September 2015}}</ref> About 25% of them live on the [[Italian Peninsula]].<ref name=LavenderADW/> Hermann's tortoises are a [[gold (color)|gold]]en [[brown]] color. They have two dark [[wikt:stripe|stripe]]s on their underside or [[belly]]. They usually have black [[wikt:markings|markings]].<ref name=Bartlett10/> In size, they range from {{convert|120|mm}} to {{convert|230|mm}} in length.<ref name=LavenderADW/> Females are larger than males. They also become [[Sexual reproduction|sexually mature]] sooner.<ref name=LavenderADW/> Their diet includes [[leaves]], [[flower]]s and [[fruit]].<ref name=DK167>''Animals: A Visual Encyclopedia'', Second Edition (New York: DK Publishing, 2011), p. 167</ref> It was a [[wikt:popular|popular]] [[pet]] but are now a [[protected species]].<ref name=DK167/> == References == {{reflist}} {{commons}} <br> {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Turtles]] [[Category:Reptiles of Europe]]