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Can I keep it?

DifficultyBeginnerActivityDiurnalTemperamentHardy, activeNight22 °C
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I keep one 102 plants usable with this species

Setup

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
24–28°Cool side
30–32°Warm side
22°Night

Day: a real gradient, 30–32°C warm against 24–28°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 22°C.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 30-32 °C / cool 24-28 °C / night 22 °C

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. happytortoises.com

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Day

Drag the sun. Hermann's tortoise is Diurnal, so what it is doing changes with the light. The sheet states a night temperature, and the rail follows it.

Enclosure and conditions

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.

What it needs

A heat sourcebecause Temperature — warm 30-32 °C / cool 24-28 °C / night 22 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause Temperature — warm 30-32 °C / cool 24-28 °C / night 22 °C
A thermometerbecause Temperature — warm 30-32 °C / cool 24-28 °C / night 22 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause Temperature — warm 30-32 °C / cool 24-28 °C / night 22 °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.

Daily life

Behaviour and handling

HandlingHardy; minimal
HousingFemale groups; males fight
NoteTemperate: may hibernate (advanced)

Health

When to see a vet

Grazing diet + UVB + dry-warm. Hibernation is species-normal but advanced — skip if unsure.

The species

Identity

Family / Order
Testudinidae / Testudines
Origin
Temperament
Hardy, active

Reproduction

Sexing
Male: longer tail, spur-tipped
Breeding
Egg-layer; 2–12 eggs

Good to know

  • A classic Mediterranean tortoise; can live past 90 with good care.

CITES II is a global listing and holds in every country. National law is not global, and we hold no national wildlife law for any country, Thailand included. Check your own authority before buying or selling.

Questions & sources

Common questions

How long does it live?

Fifty years and up, so this is a pet you plan to hand on, not a five-year pet.

What does it eat?

Weeds and leafy greens such as hibiscus leaves and flowers, mulberry leaves and mixed local greens. No fruit, no meat, no cat food.

Can it live indoors?

It does far better outdoors in a secure pen with real sun and a shaded, rain-proof shelter. Indoors only works with strong UV lighting.

How big does it get?

About 18 to 25 cm, one of the manageable tortoises for a small garden.

Back to the Atlas My keep

https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/testudo-hermanni

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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: humidity instrument and audit, enclosure size audit, 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 420 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.