斑點珍龜(學名:Homopus signatus)[3][4]是珍龜屬下小型龜,世上最小的龜之一。原生於南非和納米比亞南部。[2]
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斑點珍龜
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正在交媾的斑點珍龜
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科學分類
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界:
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動物界 Animalia
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門:
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脊索動物門 Chordata
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綱:
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爬蟲綱 Reptilia
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目:
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龜鱉目 Testudines
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亞目:
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曲頸龜亞目 Cryptodira
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科:
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陸龜科 Testudinidae
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屬:
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珍龜屬 Homopus
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種:
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斑點珍龜 H. signatus
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二名法
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Homopus signatus
Schoepff, 1801
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異名[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。
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