Project record

Photograph: Richard Mayer; enclosure builder not established · Source date: 26 December 2007; completion date unknown

  • The author identifies the photograph as an outdoor enclosure and credits it as his own photograph.

Details not established by this record

  • The source does not provide a construction sequence, cost record or independent husbandry assessment.
  • Temperature, humidity, UVB and long-term occupancy measurements are not supplied.
  • Keep this a general enclosure-layout reference. Do not label it for Greek, Hermann’s or another tortoise species.
  • The exact roofing and wall materials, dimensions and weather controls are not identified.

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Photo: Richard Mayer. CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia thumbnail resized as needed and compressed to WebP; no cropping or subject alteration. Adapted photograph retained under CC BY-SA 3.0. Keep the photographer, original source and license linked beside the photograph.

Source and reuse check: 2026-09-08. The original creator does not endorse this site. The pictured enclosure is not independently assessed here.

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