A note on scavenging behaviour of adult Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni)
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Nikolić, M.; Savić, D.; Ilić, M.; Stojadinović, D.; Crnobrnja-Isailović, J.
- Source
- Biologica Nyssana, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 53-55 (2016)
- Subject
- Testudo hermanni
diet
scavenging behavior
Serbia
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2217-4478
2217-4605
Report of the first observation of scavenging behaviour in the population of Testudo hermanni boettgeri that has been monitored for six years in the village Kunovica near the city of Niš in Serbia. On 31 May 2015 at 10:18 a.m., the adult tortoise was observed while eating a dead European green lizard (Lacerta viridis).