斑点珍龟(学名:Homopus signatus)[3][4]是珍龟属下小型龟,世上最小的龟之一。原生于南非和纳米比亚南部。[2]
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斑点珍龟
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正在交媾的斑点珍龟
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科学分类
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界:
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动物界 Animalia
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门:
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脊索动物门 Chordata
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纲:
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爬行纲 Reptilia
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目:
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龟鳖目 Testudines
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亚目:
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曲颈龟亚目 Cryptodira
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科:
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陆龟科 Testudinidae
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属:
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珍龟属 Homopus
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斑点珍龟 H. signatus
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二名法
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Homopus signatus
Schoepff, 1801
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异名[2]
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- 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
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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。
J. Obst, K. Richter, and U. Jacob, The Completely Illustrated Atlas of Reptiles and Amphibians for the Terrarium, T.F.H. press, 1988.
The Herpetology Sourcebook, Reptile & Amphibian Magazine, 1996-1997.
Branch, B. (1998). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. 3d edition. Struik Publishers. ISBN 1-86872-040-3