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Tunisian Spur-Thighed tortoise
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Family:Testudinidae
Genus:Furculachelys
Species:F. nabeulensis
Binomial name
Furculachelys nabeulensis


The Tunisian Spur-Thighed tortoise (Furculachelys nabeulensis) belongs to the spur-thighed group, but has been considered a new species since 1990. They are often still referred to as Testudo graeca, but this covers a wide variety of sub-species that have very different environmental and morphological factors. The Furculachelys nabeulensis does not hibernate and an attempt to do so will cause fatality.

Tunisian Spur-Thighed tortoises are a relatively small species. The adult males usually have a carapace that seldom exceeds 130mm, whilst the adult females no more than 165mm. compare this to the much larger Testudo graeca from Morocco. Furculachelys nabeulensis are very brightly coloured, with a light yellow carapace with strong black markings in the scutes centre and also the plastron has bold colouration. Upon the top of the head there is an easily identifiable yellowish mark.
Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Sauropsida*
Goodrich, 1916

Subclasses
  • Anapsida
  • Diapsida
Synonyms
  • Reptilia Laurenti, 1768
Reptiles are tetrapods and amniotes, animals whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane, and members of the class
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Testudines
Linnaeus, 1758

Diversity
ca. 300 species in 14 extant families.

blue: sea turtles, black: land turtles


Suborders

Cryptodira
Pleurodira
See text for families.
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Testudinidae

Genera

Chersina
Cylindraspis (extinct)
Dipsochelys
Geochelone
Gopherus
Homopus
Indotestudo
Kinixys
Malacochersus
Manouria

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F. nabeulensis

Binomial name
Furculachelys nabeulensis

The Tunisian Spur-Thighed tortoise (Furculachelys nabeulensis
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binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system.
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species is one of the basic units of biological classification. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
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Testudinidae

Genera

Chersina
Cylindraspis (extinct)
Dipsochelys
Geochelone
Gopherus
Homopus
Indotestudo
Kinixys
Malacochersus
Manouria

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Motto
"Allāh, al Waţan, al Malik"   (transliteration)
"God, Nation, King"
Anthem
Hymne Chérifien
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A carapace is a dorsal section of an exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups.

Crustaceans

In crustaceans, the carapace is a part of the exoskeleton that covers the cephalothorax. It is particularly well developed in lobsters and crabs.
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plastron is the nearly flat part of the shell structure of a turtle or tortoise, what one would call the belly, similar in composition to the carapace; with an external layer of horny material divided into plates called scutes and an underlying layer of interlocking bones.
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