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אבל לא רק. הקשר בינו לצב יבשה המצוי הישראלי הוא אותה המשפחה. Testudo (graeca) ibera Distribution : Europe and Middle East - N.E.Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, S.E.Romania, (southern Yugoslavia?), Iran, Syria, Jordan & Iraq Size : Significantly larger than T.g.graeca Males up to 180mm SCL and 1200g Females upto 210mm SCL and 2000g Appearance Broader, flatter carapace. Males may have flared and serrate posterior marginals. Supracaudal rarely divided. Front vertebral scute has angular anterior margin. Ground colour greenish to light brown - larger scutes marked with a dark-brown to black central areolar. older.specimens regularly lose keratin from the surface of the carapace exposing large irregular areas of orange pigment. Head and nose relatively broad and blunt. Eyes relatively large. Limbs relatively short and thick. 1 or 2 well defined spurs present on thighs. והנה
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