Blood cells morphology of Testudo graeca and Testudo hermanni (Testudines: Testudinidae) from Turkey

Here, the morphology of peripheral blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes and thrombocytes) of Testudo graeca and T. hermanni was studied in Wright's stained blood smears. In both species, heterophils were notable as dominant cells in blood smears. For eosinophils and basophils, nucleus could not be clearly distinguished because of intensive granulation in the cytoplasm, and it was observed that thrombocytes were close to spherical for T. hermanni and spindle-shaped for T. graeca. © Biharean Biologist, Oradea, Romania, 2015.