蔗林龜
蔗林龜（學名：Vijayachelys silvatica；英語：Cane turtle）是地龜科蔗林龜屬（Vijayachelys）的唯一一種生物，原產於印度西高止山脈。它首次發現於1912年，當時共搜集到兩個標本，但之後的70年中未嘗一見，1982年才重新出現。[3][4]
蔗林龜
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科學分類 
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| 界： | 動物界 Animalia |
| 門： | 脊索動物門 Chordata |
| 綱： | 爬蟲綱 Reptilia |
| 目： | 龜鱉目 Testudines |
| 亞目： | 曲頸龜亞目 Cryptodira |
| 科： | 地龜科 Geoemydidae |
| 亞科： | 地龜亞科 Geoemydinae |
| 屬： | 蔗林龜屬 Vijayachelys Praschag, Schmidt, Fritzsch, Müller, Gemel and Fritz, 2006 |
| 種： | 蔗林龜 V. silvatica
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| Vijayachelys silvatica (Henderson, 1912)
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它最初屬於地龜屬，後來移到東方龜屬，現在則屬於蔗林龜屬，其屬名「Vijayachelys」來自印度爬行動物學家賈甘納坦·維賈雅（Jagannathan Vijaya，1959–1987）的姓，他是1982年再度找到蔗林龜的人。[4]
特徵
編輯其模式標本背殼長120 mm（4.7英寸），寬83 mm（3.3英寸），雌性略大於雄性，但最大也不超過13 cm（5.1英寸）。[5]
習性
編輯
保護
編輯它屬於IUCN瀕危物種，被列入CITES附錄II中，很少見於寵物市場[8]。印度的卡達爾人（Kadar）有時會捕食這種龜 。此外，過度砍伐和修建水利設施也造成其數量減少。[9]
其被列為《瀕危野生動植物種國際貿易公約》附錄二的物種，被限制出口及貿易。
參考文獻
編輯- ^ Vijayachelys silvatica （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館） Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Vijayachelys silvatica (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T9038A97378369. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T9038A12952577.en. Downloaded on 04 September 2019.
- ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš. Checklist of Chelonians of the World (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 2007, 57 (2): 249 [2012-05]. ISSN 1864-5755. （原始內容 (PDF)存檔於2010-12-17）.
- ^ Henderson (1912)
- ^ 4.0 4.1 Praschag et al. (2006)
- ^ Henderson (1912), Praschag et al. (2006)
- ^ Smith (1941)
- ^ Smith (1941), Praschag et al. (2006)
- ^ ATTWG (2000), Praschag et al. (2006)
- ^ Vijayachelys silvatica (Henderson 1912) – Cochin Forest Cane Turtle. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Deepak, V., Praschag, P., and Vasudevan, K. No. 5, pp. 078.1–7 Chelonian Research Monographs.
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (ATTWG). Vijayachelys silvatica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000, 2000: e.T9038A97378369. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T9038A12952577.en
. - Groombridge, B.; Moll, Edward O. & Vijaya, Jaganath (1983): Rediscovery of a rare Indian turtle. Oryx 17(3): 130-134.
- Henderson, J.R. (1912): Preliminary note on a new tortoise from South India. Records of the Indian Museum 7(21): 217-218.
- Moll, Edward O.; Groombridge, B. & Vijaya, Jaganath (1986): Redescription of the cane turtle with notes on its natural history and classification. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 83(Supplement): 112–126.
- Praschag, Peter; Schmidt, Christian; Fritzsch, Guido; Müller, Anke; Gemel, Richard & Fritz, Uwe (2006): Geoemyda silvatica, an enigmatic turtle of the Geoemydidae (Reptilia: Testudines), represents a distinct genus. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 6(2): 151-162. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2005.10.001 (HTML abstract). Erratum: Organisms Diversity & Evolution 6(2): 254. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2006.05.001 (HTML abstract)
- Sharath, B.K. (1990): On the Occurrence of the forest cane turtle (Geoemyda silvatica) in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, South India. Hamadryad 15(1): 34.
- Smith, M.A. (1941): The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Reptilia and Amphibi.
- Vijaya, Jaganath (1982): Rediscovery of the forest cane turtle (Heosemys silvatica) of Kerala. Hamadryad 7(3): 2-3.
- Vijaya, Jaganath (1983): Rediscovery of the Forest Cane Turtle, Heosemys (Geoemyda) silvatica (Reptilia, Testudinata, Emydidae) from Chalakudy Forests in Kerala. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79(3): 676-677
- Vijaya, Jaganath (1988): Status of the forest cane turtle (Geoemyda silvatica). Hamadryad 13(2): 10
