[Tunisian reptiles. III. Distribution and need for protection of terrestrial and fresh water turtles].

The distribution and habitats in Tunisia of the tortoise Testudo graeca graeca and of the two turtles Emys orbicularis and Mauremys caspica leprosa are investigated throughout the country. The present low level of population density is recent; its causes are precised. The protection, more specially for the two first species, must be very efficient.