The nominate subspecies is the Greek marginated tortoise, "Testudo marginata marginata". Reptiles native to the region include spur-thighed tortoise ("Testudo graeca buxtoni") and Horsfield's tortoise. The Greek tortoise ("Testudo graeca ibera") is often confused with Hermann's tortoise ("Testudo hermanni" ). "Testudo marginata" is also closely related to the Greek or common tortoise ("Testudo graeca"). Its teams are called the Terrapins, and its mascot is a diamondback terrapin named Testudo. The mascot is a diamondback terrapin named Testudo, which means "turtle" in Latin. The genetic richness of "Testudo graeca" is also shown in its crossbreeding. Carl Linnaeus gave the loggerhead its first binomial name, "Testudo caretta", in 1758. Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni) is a species in the genus "Testudo". Hermann's tortoise ("Testudo hermanni") is quite common and can be found all over the island. A scene from Trajan's column shows Romans attacking a Dacian fortification using the "testudo". "Testudines", on the other hand, is based on the Latin word for tortoise, "testudo". The species was originally described by Linnaeus in 1758 as "Testudo mydas". It was first classified as "Testudo fimbriata" by German naturalist Johann Gottlob Schneider in 1783. The systematics and taxonomy of "Testudo" is notoriously problematic.