冠背龟(学名:Hardella thurjii)是地龟科草龟属Hardella)的唯一一种,原产于南亚淡水水域。雌龟甲壳长可达65厘米(26英寸),是雄龟的三倍大。某些地区的冠背龟只吃植物,但也有吃鱼虾的冠背龟。[2]

冠背龟
Hardella thurjii
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 爬行綱 Reptilia
目: 龜鱉目 Testudines
亚目: 曲颈龟亚目 Cryptodira
科: 地龜科 Geoemydidae
亚科: 地龜亞科 Geoemydinae
属: 草龟属 Hardella
Gray, 1870
种:
冠背龟 H. thurjii
二名法
Hardella thurjii
(Gray, 1831)
異名[1]
Hardella thurjii thurjii (Gray, 1831)
  • Emys thuryi
    Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1831
    (nomen oblitum)
  • Emys thurjii
    Gray, 1831
  • Emys thuji
    Gray, 1831
    (ex errore)
  • Emys flavonigra
    Lesson, 1831
  • Emys thugi
    Gray, 1832
    (ex errore)
  • Clemmys (Clemmys) thurgii
    Fitzinger, 1835
    (ex errore)
  • Emys thurgii
    — Gray, 1844
  • Clemmys thurgi
    Strauch, 1862
    (ex errore)
  • Batagur thurgii
    Theobald, 1868
  • Kachuga oldhami
    Gray, 1869
  • Hardella thurgi
    — Gray, 1870
  • Emys thurgi
    Günther, 1871
  • Batagur (Hardella) thurgi
    Anderson, 1879
  • ? Batagur cautleyi
    Lydekker, 1885
  • ? Batagur falconeri
    Lydekker, 1885
  • Hardella thurgii
    Siebenrock, 1906
  • Hardella thurjii
    — Siebenrock, 1909
  • Hardella thurjii thurjii
    Wermuth & Mertens, 1977
  • Hardella thurji
    Pritchard, 1979
    (ex errore)
  • Hardella thurji thurji
    Obst, 1985
Hardella thurjii indi Gray, 1870
  • Hardella indi
    Gray, 1870
  • Hardella thurjii indi
    — Wermuth & Mertens, 1977
  • Hardella thurji indi
    — Obst, 1984
  • Hardella thrrji indi
    Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993
    (ex errore)

冠背龟在每年夏季交配,产8–19枚卵[2]。它会将卵产在水里,而非陆上,这在爬行动物中是极为罕见的。2012年布拉格动物园首次成功繁殖冠背龟。[3]

保育狀況

其被列為《瀕危野生動植物種國際貿易公約》附錄二物種,被限制出口及貿易。

参考文献

  1. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter. Checklist of Chelonians of the World (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 2007, 57 (2): 223–224 [29 May 2012]. ISSN 1864-5755. (原始内容存档 (PDF)于2010-12-17). 
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 Hardella thurjii. IUCN. [2020-04-05]. (原始内容存档于2020-10-29). 
  3. ^ Muñoz, Orlando M.; Castillo, M.; Feliciano, A. San. Screen Director: The largest turtle thriller.. Journal of Natural Products. 1990, 53: 200–203. doi:10.1021/np50067a032. 

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