斑点珍龟学名Homopus signatus[3][4]珍龟属下小型龟,世上最小的龟之一。原生于南非纳米比亚南部。[2]

斑点珍龟
正在交媾的斑点珍龟
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 爬行纲 Reptilia
目: 龟鳖目 Testudines
亚目: 曲颈龟亚目 Cryptodira
科: 陆龟科 Testudinidae
属: 珍龟属 Homopus
种:
斑点珍龟 H. signatus
二名法
Homopus signatus
Schoepff, 1801
异名[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

其活动范围只局限于小纳马夸兰和南非西部干旱地区,雄性大小约6—8厘米(2.4—3.1英寸),雌性约10厘米(3.9英寸)。[5]重95—165克(3.4—5.8盎司)。贝壳扁平有锯缘,颜色由褐色到橘色不等。

斑点珍龟有两个亚种:

  • 纳马夸兰斑点珍龟Homopus signatus signatus)活动于南非-纳米比亚交界处及纳米比亚南部。[2]
  • 南部斑点珍龟Homopus signatus cafer,即以前的H. s. peersi)活动于开普敦附近。

参考文献

编辑
  1. ^ Homopus signatus . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. 
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš. Checklist of Chelonians of the World (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