Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789

Distribution on the Balkans

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Last update: 25.09.2005.

Notes. The exact described localities (including unpublished) cover 7, 44 % of the Bulgarian UTM-territory. Most of the localities are announced by AMIRANASHVILI (2000), BARTOSIK et al. (1981), BESHKOV et al. (1994), BURESCH & ZONKOW (1933), DELOV et al. (2005), Lazarkevich-Stancheva (1997), MICEV (1968), NAUMOV (2005), NESSING (1989), NÖLLERT et al. (1986a), OBST (1973), PESHEV & MITEV (1987), PESHEV et al. (2005), PETROV (2004), PETROV & BESHKOV (2001), PETROV et al. (2001), STOEV (2000), Toteva (1990), UNDJIAN (2000) and ZLATANOVA (1991). There are some unpublished localities (in the personal data of the authors).

Localities with undetermined UTM-codes: Varna Vineyards, N Black Sea Coast BURESCH & ZONKOW (1933).

Altitudinal division of the localities: according to BESHKOV & NANEV (2002) up to 1450 m, but exact data deficient.

References: see page  Bibliography

Special references: NÖLLERT & NÖLLERT (1981), BESHKOV (1984, 1997), Toteva (1990), STOJANOV (1997, 2000), Lazarkevich-Stancheva (1997) and AMIRANASHVILI (2000).

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