Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Belongs to Testudo according to R. Lydekker 1889

Sister taxa: Testudo atlas, Testudo bosporica, Testudo cautleyi, Testudo cernovi, Testudo cubensis, Testudo escheri, Testudo gallardoi, Testudo hermanni, Testudo kaiseni, Testudo larteti, Testudo nanus, Testudo praestans, Testudo punjabiensis, Testudo robusta, Testudo sloanei, Testudo spratti, Testudo ulanensis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore