Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Belongs to Testudo according to Khosatzky 1948

Sister taxa: Testudo atlas, Testudo bosporica, Testudo cautleyi, Testudo cubensis, Testudo escheri, Testudo eurysternum, 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