斑點珍龜

斑點珍龜學名Homopus signatus[3][4]珍龜屬下的一種小型龜,是世界上最小的龜之一。原生於南非納米比亞南部。[2]

斑點珍龜
正在交媾的斑點珍龜
保护状况
科学分类
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 爬行纲 Reptilia
目: 龟鳖目 Testudines
科: 陸龜科 Testudinidae
属: 珍龟属 Homopus
种: 斑點珍龜 H. signatus
二名法
Homopus signatus
Schoepff, 1801
異名[2]
Homopus signatus signatus
  • Testudo signata Walbaum, 1782
  • Testudo signata Gmelin, 1789
  • Chersine signata Merrem, 1820
  • Testudo juvencella Daudin, 1831 (nomen nudum)
  • Testudo juvencella Daudin, 1831
  • Homopus signatus Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Pseudomopus signatus Hewitt, 1931
  • Pseudomopus [signatus] signatus Hewitt, 1935
  • Chersobius signatus Hewitt, 1937
  • Homopus signata Williams, 1952
  • Homopus signatus signatus Mertens & Wermuth, 1955
Homopus signatus cafer
  • Testudo cafra Daudin, 1801
  • Pseudomopus signatus peersi Hewitt, 1935
  • Homopus signatus peersi Mertens & Wermuth, 1955
  • Chersobius peersi Archer, 1968
  • Homopus signatus cafra Bour, 1988
  • Homopus signatus cafer Boycott & Bourquin, 1988
  • Homopus signatus cafer Branch, 1988

其活動範圍只局限於小纳马夸兰和南非西部乾旱地區,雄性大小約6~8(2.4~3.1英寸),雌性約為10(3.9英寸)[5]平均重95~165克(3.4~5.8盎司)。貝殼扁平有鋸緣,顏色由褐色到橘色不等。

斑點珍龜有兩個亞種:

  • 納馬夸蘭斑點珍龜Homopus signatus signatus)活動于南非-納米比亞交界處及納米比亞南部。[2]
  • 南部斑點珍龜Homopus signatus cafer,即以前的H. s. peersi)活動於開普敦附近。

參考文獻

  1. Heideman N. . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016.
  2. Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš. (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 2007, 57 (2): 283 [29 May 2012]. ISSN 18640-5755. (原始内容 (PDF)存档于2010-12-17).
  3. J. Obst, K. Richter, and U. Jacob, The Completely Illustrated Atlas of Reptiles and Amphibians for the Terrarium, T.F.H. press, 1988.
  4. The Herpetology Sourcebook, Reptile & Amphibian Magazine, 1996-1997.
  5. Branch, B. (1998). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. 3d edition. Struik Publishers. ISBN 1-86872-040-3
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