Testudo marginata Marginated Tortoise
Temple of Poseidon, Sounion, Attica, GreeceMay 27, 2013
Marginated Tortoise (Testudo marginata) Marginated Tortoise (Testudo marginata) Marginated Tortoise (Testudo marginata)
On a Mediterranean cruise with my wife and her mother and her sister, the first ancient ruin we visited was the Temple of Poseidon. The first herp I saw was this fine tortoise, chomping on the weeds at the base of the temple's rock walls.
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