Testudo marginata
Common name (English)
Marginated tortoise
Common name (Greek)
Κρασπεδοχελώνα
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Establishment status
Establishment status detail
Alien:
First detection year
1865
Pathway detail
Isolated specimens of T. graeca ibera and T. marginata have also been recorded by Demetropoulos and Lambert (1986) on the island since 1970. They also believed that these specimens probably arrived on Cyprus from Greece through translocation by Greek Cypriot residents and students who attended university on the mainland.
References
Demetropoulos A, Lambert M (1986) Herpetology in Cyprus. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 17: 22-27.
Hadjisterkotis E, Reese DS (1994) Palaeontological and archaeological evidence for turtles on Cyprus, with new information on living tortoises. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 49: 16-18.