Could this be a greek spur-thighed tortoise? It was brought in today as a Herman

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Could this be a greek spur-thighed tortoise? It was brought in today as a Hermanns tortoise, but it has features that to me looks like a spur-thigh

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Compare where Hermann's tortoises live
https://de.wikipedia.org/.../Griechische_Landschildkr%C3...
to where different subspecies of T. graeca live
https://de.wikipedia.org/.../Maurische_Landschildkr%C3...
The short answer: It depends on the subspecies.
Generally speaking keeping conditions are very similar and most thrive well. With a few notable exceptions.

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Testudo graeca
(because: Spurs on thighs, no spur on tail, wishy-washy plastron, highly contrasted head, huge scales on the front legs, the relation of breadth to length of the vertebral scutes on the carapace seems to be >1 (broader than long), difficult to tell from photo, also very possibly maybe "foamy/spongy" kind of thickening of the caudal plastron scutes)