斑點珍龜學名Homopus signatus[3][4]珍龜屬下小型龜,世上最小的龜之一。原生於南非納米比亞南部。[2]

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科學分類 編輯
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: 陸龜科 Testudinidae
屬: 珍龜屬 Homopus
種:
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
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其活動範圍只局限於小納馬夸蘭和南非西部乾旱地區,雄性大小約6—8厘米(2.4—3.1英寸),雌性約10厘米(3.9英寸)。[5]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)活動於南非-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。

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