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Testudo hermanni

VU

Status

Vulnerable

Population

Data not assessed

Trend

↓Decreasing

Group

Reptiles

Family

TESTUDINIDAE

Data Source

iucn-redlist-2025

AI Species Profile

Claude-generated profile pending enrichment

Threats (14)

Housing & urban areas

Code: 1.1

Ongoing

Tourism & recreation areas

Code: 1.3

Ongoing

Annual & perennial non-timber crops

Code: 2.1

Ongoing

Mining & quarrying

Code: 3.2

Ongoing

Roads & railroads

Code: 4.1

Ongoing

Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals

Code: 5.1

Ongoing

Intentional use: hunting/trapping

Code: 5.1.1

Ongoing

Logging & wood harvesting

Code: 5.3

Ongoing

Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources

Code: 5.4

Ongoing

Fire & fire suppression

Code: 7.1

Ongoing

Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases

Code: 8.1

Ongoing

Problematic native species/diseases

Code: 8.2

Ongoing

Introduced genetic material

Code: 8.3

Ongoing

Type Unknown/Unrecorded (pollution)

Code: 9.3.4

Ongoing
Habitats (6)

Forest

Code: iucn-1 · Suitable · Major importance

Forest - Temperate

Code: iucn-1.4 · Suitable · Major importance

Marine coastal/supratidal

Code: iucn-13 · Suitable · Major importance

Artificial - Terrestrial

Code: iucn-14 · Suitable · Major importance

Shrubland

Code: iucn-3 · Suitable · Major importance

Rocky areas

Code: iucn-6 · Suitable · Major importance

Countries (14)
ALAlbaniaBABosnia & HerzegovinaBGBulgariaHRCroatiaCYCyprusFRFranceITItalyMEMontenegroMKNorth MacedoniaRORomaniaRSSerbiaESSpainTNTunisiaTRTürkiye
Conservation Actions (9)

Site/area protection

Code: 1.1

Site/area management

Code: 2.1

Habitat & natural process restoration

Code: 2.3

Species management

Code: 3.1

Species recovery

Code: 3.2

Species reintroduction

Code: 3.3

Awareness & communications

Code: 4.3

Legislation

Code: 5.1

Policies and regulations

Code: 5.2

Taxonomy

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Phylum

CHORDATA

Class

REPTILIA

Order

TESTUDINES

Family

TESTUDINIDAE

Genus

Testudo