地龜科(學名:Geoemydidae,原名:Bataguridae)是龜鱉目下的一個大科,可分為地龜亞科(Geoemydinae)和鼻龜亞科(Rhinoclemmydinae)兩個亞科,下含草龜等70多種龜。它們多分佈於亞洲、歐洲和北非,只有鼻龜屬生物見於中南美洲。

地龜科
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima manni
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
下目: 真曲頸龜下目 Eucryptodira
演化支 近代曲頸龜類 Polycryptodira
總科: 陸龜總科 Testudinoidea
科: 地龜科 Geoemydidae
Theobald, 1868
異名

Geoemydidae Theobald 1868:9[1]
Batagurina Gray 1869:185[2]
Bataguridae Gray 1870:17[3]

分類

該科具體分類如下:[4]

參考文獻

  1. ^ Theobald, William, Jr. 1868. Catalogue of Reptiles in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Journal of the Asiatic Society, Extra Number, 88 pp.
  2. ^ Gray, John Edward. 1869. Notes on the families and genera of tortoises (Testudinata), and on the characters afforded by the study of their skulls. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869:165–225.
  3. ^ Gray, John Edward. 1870. Supplement to the Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). London: British Museum, 120 pp.
  4. ^ Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk , P.P., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B., Bour, R., and Rhodin, A.G.J.]. 2012. Turtles of the world, 2012 update: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v5.2012, Turtles of the world, 2012 update: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. (PDF). [2014-04-19]. (原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2013-06-16). .

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