EuropeNear threatened
Hermann's tortoise
Testudo hermanni
A small tortoise of Mediterranean scrub and woodland. In Catalonia it lives wild in the Albera and the Ebro Delta.
- Weight
- About 1 kg
- Size
- About 20 cm long
- Lifespan
- Over 60 years
- Top speed
- Very slow
- Diet
- Herbivore
How heavy is that?
About 3% of a 40 kg kid
Where it lives
Three things to know
- It sleeps underground through the winter.
- Its tail ends in a hard, horny tip.
- How warm the nest is decides whether the babies are male or female.
Compare with…
- Weight
- Hermann's tortoise1 kgA 10-year-old kid40 kgThe kid weighs about 40× as much as Hermann's tortoise
- Size
- Hermann's tortoise20 cmA 10-year-old kid1.4 mThe kid is about 7× as big as Hermann's tortoise
- Top speed
- Hermann's tortoise—A 10-year-old kid20 km/hToo slow to time
- Lifespan
- Hermann's tortoise60 yrsA 10-year-old kid80 yrsThe kid can live about 1.3× as long as Hermann's tortoise
Food chain
- LeavesProducer
Hermann's tortoiseThis animal- Badger