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CITES II
Testudinidae

Greek Tortoise

Testudo graecaเต่ากรีก

Traceable. The figures above appear in the page we cite, which we opened on 10 Aug 2026. That means you can check them, not that we have confirmed they are right. tortoise-protection-group.org.uk

Photograph: katunchik · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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Temperature30 °C
Humidity35 %

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
30°Warm side
10°Night
Cool side: not in our data

The warm side, 30°C, dropping to 10°C at night. This sheet states the warm side only. It gives no cool side, so the other end of the gradient is not in our data. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 30 °C / night 10 °C

Humidity

35%Target RH

The sheet statesmedium humidity of 35%-55%

UVB

Requiredrequired

The sheet statesA good quality UVB light is essential for at least 12 hours per day if indoors, and less if the tortoise has access to natural sunshine

Diet
grazing on plants such as dandelion, hawkbits, sowthistle, clover, mallow, bindweed, sedum, plantain, vetches, hibiscus and nasturtium; never feed fruits

Identity

Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Temperature
warm 30 °C / night 10 °C
Humidity
35–55%

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Common questions

How is it different from a Hermann's?

Look at the thighs and the tail: the Greek has a spur on each thigh and no horny tip on the tail. Care is very similar.

Is it hardy?

Yes, if kept dry and sunny with a dry shelter. Constant damp is the main killer in our climate.

Two together?

Two males will ram and bite each other. Keep a single tortoise, or one male with several females in a large pen.

How much does it cost per month?

Food is cheap if you use local greens. The real costs are building a secure pen and replacing UV bulbs.

What it needs

A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 30 °C / night 10 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 30 °C / night 10 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 30 °C / night 10 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — warm 30 °C / night 10 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — medium humidity of 35%-55%
UVB, stated as requiredbecause uvb — A good quality UVB light is essential for at least 12 hours per day if indoors, and less if the tortoise has access to natural sunshine
Not stated: The cool sidethis sheet names only the warm side: « warm 30 °C / night 10 °C »
Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet states no size

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.

Sources

tortoise-protection-group.org.uk — lu le 2026-08-04reptilecentre.com — lu le 2026-08-04speciesplus.net — lu le 2026-08-08reptile-database.reptarium.cz — lu le 2026-08-08

Others in this group

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What this sheet states

62%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 4 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: enclosure size audit, day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.