An extremely large spur-thighed tortoise male (Testudo graeca) from Mǎcin Mountains National Park, Romania

Abstract:

In Mǎcin Mountains National Park (Romania) lives an extremely large male of spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca), whose measured curvilinear carapace length is 37.5 cm. We estimated a body weight of 4.8 kg from the regression equation weight-carapace length based on the log-transformed data of 100 males from the same population. This proves to be the largest spur-thighed tortoise male ever reported in the wild.

Año de publicación:

2010

Keywords:

• Romania
• Mǎcin mountains
• body size
• Testudo graeca

Fuente:

scopus