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Hermann's Tortoise

Our animals: Páncélos

Family: Tortoise

Order: Testudines

Class: reptiles

Length:

16-25 cm

Weight:

1-1,5 kg

Nutrition: green vegetable parts, fruits, vegetables Reproduction: after a 57-100 day-long incubation time 5-8 progenies Did you know? During nesting time the temperature influences the sex of the babies. If the ground is warmer, the babies turn out to be females, whereas in case of cooler ground males come out of the eggs. Amongst tortoises kept as pet, the most popular and wide-spread is Hermann''s tortoise. They dig themselves out of their winter nests during springtime. At this time of the year They are hungry and They need to move around a lot. They feast on fresh sprouts full of vitamins and often spend their time sunbathing. Watch it! Their shell is high cambered, oval, their breast plate is plain (the males’ breast plate is concave), its primary colour is ochre with dark spots of different size. Some specimens have not got patterns, They are plain. Habitat: Scrubs, parklands Spread: Greece, Italia, Bulgaria, Romania, France