卡氏地圖龜
卡氏地圖龜(學名:Graptemys caglei,英文:Cagle's map turtle)是地圖龜屬下的一種龜,只生活在美國及墨西哥。[3]
卡氏地圖龜 | |
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雄性幼龜 | |
科学分类 | |
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: | 泽龟科 Emydidae |
属: | 地图龟属 Graptemys |
种: | 卡氏地圖龜 G. caglei
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二名法 | |
Graptemys caglei Haynes & McKown, 1974[2]
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語源學
其種加詞caglei是爲了紀念美國爬蟲學家弗雷德·雷·卡格爾(Dr. Fred Ray Cagle,1915-1968)。[4]
描述
卡氏地圖龜的背殼及胸甲上有繁複的花紋,背殼後半部份有鋸齒狀邊緣,它是地圖龜屬中最小的物種之一,雌雄異形十分明顯,其中雄性的背殼一般只有4英寸(10厘米)長,雌性則超過7英寸(18厘米)。[3]
參考文獻
- ^ van Dijk, P.P. Graptemys caglei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010. [8 October 2011].
- ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter. Checklist of Chelonians of the World (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 2007, 57 (2): 186 [2013-05-01]. (原始内容 (PDF)存档于2010-12-17).
- ^ 3.0 3.1 Cagle's Map Turtle. Graptemys.com. [2011-05-25]. (原始内容存档于2011-07-11).
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. xiii + 312 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Graptemys caglei, p. 46.)
擴展閱讀
- Conant, R. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin. Boston. xviii + 429 pp. + 48 plates. ISBN 0-395-19979-4 (hardback), ISBN 0-395-19977-8 (paperback). (Graptemys caglei, p. 58 + Figure 9 on p. 56 + Map 21.)
- Haynes, D., and R.R. McKown. 1974. A New Species of Map Turtle (Genus Graptemys) from the Guadalupe River System in Texas. Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany 18 (4): 143-152. ("Graptemys caglei new species")
- Smith, H.M., and E.D. Brodie, Jr. 1982. Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. Golden Press. New York. 240 pp. ISBN 0-307-13666-3. (Graptemys caglei, pp. 50–51.)
外部連結
- Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Graptemys caglei(页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆). 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.(页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) Downloaded on 29 July 2007.