Zeus, an enormous, sand-colored spur-thighed tortoise, 70 pounds and growing, has a job.

There are some unresolved questions regarding the relationships of two populations of spur-thighed tortoises.

Tunisian spur-thighed tortoises are popular as a pet due to the attractive coloration and small size.

The Tunisian spur-thighed tortoise is a relatively small tortoise.

The other reptile species which laid eggs was the spur-thighed tortoise; unfortunately, these eggs were infertile.

Among the most popular are Russian tortoises, spur-thighed tortoises, and red-eared sliders.

As the former two lineages will eventually come to represent good species, perhaps the Tunisian spur-thighed tortoise might also be regarded as specifically distinct.

The smallest, and perhaps the prettiest, of the subspecies is the Tunisian Spur-Thighed Tortoise.

Spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca)

Modern researchers have identified the animals portrayed are Testudo graeca ibera, a variety of the Spur-thighed Tortoise.

Testudo graeca Linnaeus (spur-thighed tortoise)

As a teenager, he inherited a rare breeding pair of Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoises, leading to his hobby of breeding chelonians.

Some, such as the Tunisian Spur-thighed Tortoise, have even been separated as a separate genus Furculachelys, but this is not supported by more recent studies.

On Sardinia, there exists a population of spur-thighed tortoises which share the small size, the yellow head spot, and the contrasting markings with the Tunisian population.

In 2004, Solomon and Sheba, a two-headed Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise was born in Dorchester, England.

Other species housed are European rabbits, Indian crested porcupines, spur-thighed tortoises, Indian wolves, a wild boar and a jungle cat.

Armenian tortoise (Testudo graeca armeniaca) or Araxes tortoise is a subspecies of spur-thighed tortoise.

However, these results still seem to confirm that the Tunisian spur-thighed tortoise constitutes a well-marked lineage of spur-thighed tortoises.

Typical reptilians in the reserve are the Spur-thighed Tortoise, Hermann's Tortoise, Anguis fragilis and Scheltopusik.

This exhibit has indoor and outdoor viewing and contact yards for the Aldabra Giant Tortoise, Spur-thighed tortoise, and the Rabbits.

In July 2011, Washington State University Veterinarians successfully fixed a prosthetic caster onto an African spur-thighed tortoise named Gamera, who was a single amputee.

The Mediterranean tortoise is a common name of a group of tortoises in the genus Testudo including Hermann's tortoise, and the Spur-thighed tortoise.

The spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) or Greek tortoise is one of five species of Mediterranean tortoise (genus Testudo, family Testudinidae).

Shelley (hatched c. 1985, Morocco) is a female Mediterranean Spur-thighed tortoise who first appeared on the programme in 2004 as a friend to George and then became the only tortoise on the show after his death.