Chemtou

History

Chemtou was founded in the 4th to 5th century BC as a colony of the Berber kingdom of Numidia (Algeria) . It later became a Roman town in the province of Africa. The city was important enough to become a bishopric, before its eventual abandonment around the 9th to 10th century.

Most-observed species

• Ocellated Bronze Skink

  Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal, 1775) · Squamata
  8
• White Stork

  Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4
• Spotless Starling

  Sturnus unicolor Temminck, 1820 · Aves
  4
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4
• Lotus Jujube

  Ziziphus lotus (L.) Lam. · Magnoliopsida
  4
• Variable mirid

  Calocoris nemoralis (Fabricius, 1787) · Insecta
  4
• Large-flowered Golden Thistle

  Scolymus grandiflorus Desf. · Magnoliopsida
  4
• Moorish Gecko

  Tarentola mauritanica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Squamata
  3

Most recent

• M 4.4 — 2026-01-05
  4 km NNE of Tabursuq, Tunisia
• M 4.3 — 2024-11-28
  14 km WNW of Bou Arada, Tunisia
• M 4.2 — 2012-01-09
  25 km ENE of Souk Ahras, Algeria
• M 4.2 — 2008-04-15
  11 km SW of Tabarka, Tunisia
• M 3.2 — 2005-12-09
  20 km NNW of Béja, Tunisia
• M 4.1 — 2004-07-02
  10 km E of El Tarf, Algeria