泥龜

泥龜
	布拉格动物园的泥龟
保护状况
	; 極危（IUCN 3.1）
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：	泥龟科 Dermatemydidae
属：	泥龟属 Dermatemys; Gray, 1847
种：	泥龜 D. mawii
二名法
	Dermatemys mawii; Gray, 1847
異名
	Dermatemys mawii ; Gray, 1847: 56; Emys berardii ; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1851: 11; Dermatemys abnormis ; Cope, 1868: 120; Dermatemys salvinii ; Gray, 1870: 50; Limnochelone micrura ; F. Werner, 1901: 298;

泥龜（学名：Dermatemys mawii）是泥龜科（Dermatemydidae）泥龜屬（Dermatemys）下的唯一物種。牠們是夜間活動及水生的龜，棲息在中美洲由墨西哥至洪都拉斯較大的河流及湖泊。

特徵

泥龜的體型較大，最大的龜殼可達65厘米(cm)長，重20公斤。

泥龜的龜殼扁平，呈實灰色或近黑色。胸甲一般呈奶白色。幼龜的龜殼中央起角，外緣有鋸齒，但隨著年紀漸長會逐漸消失。牠們的皮膚與龜殼的顏色相近，頸上及下身有紅色斑紋。雄龜的頭兩側有黃色的斑紋，但雌龜沒有，而且雄龜的尾巴也較長及厚。

繁殖

泥龜於冬天介乎9月至11月築巢。雌龜會走到河岸兩邊平時很少到的地方生蛋，避免氾濫影響，每次會生6-29隻蛋。

保育狀況

泥龜很少飼養的。牠們被過度捕獵作為食物。幼龜及蛋也可以作為食物。牠們被動的天性也是易於被捕獵的原因。牠們被世界自然保護聯盟列為極危，故受到《瀕危野生動植物種國際貿易公約》附錄二的保護，禁止出口。

參考

^ Vogt RC, Gonzalez-Porter GP, Van Dijk PP. Dermatemys mawii . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006, 2006: e.T6493A97409830. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T6493A12783921.en .
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Gray JE (1847). "Description of a new Genus of Emydæ". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1847: 55–56. (Dermatemys, new genus, p. 55; Dermatemys Mawii, new species, p. 56).
^ Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1851). "Emys areolata, Emys berardii, Cinosternon leucostomum, Cinosternon cruentatum ". In: Duméril AMC, Duméril AHA (1851). Catalogue Methodique de la Collection des Reptiles (Museum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris). Paris: Gide and Baudry. 224 pp. (in French).
^ Cope ED (1868). "An examination of the Reptilia and Batrachia obtained by the Orton expedition to Equador [sic] and the upper Amazon, with notes on other species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 96–140.
^ Gray JE (1870). Supplement to the Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). London: British Museum. 120 pp.
^ Werner F (1901). "Neue Reptilien des Königsberger zoologischen Museums ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 24: 297–301. (in German).
^ Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk PP, Iverson JB, Shaffer HB, Bour R, Rhodin AGJ] (2012). "Turtles of the World, 2012 update: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs (5):, 000.243–000.328, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v5.2012, [1] （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）.

外部連結

Animal Diversity Web （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
TIGR Reptile Database上的Dermatemys mawii

[iucn-1] Vogt RC, Gonzalez-Porter GP, Van Dijk PP. Dermatemys mawii . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006, 2006: e.T6493A97409830. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T6493A12783921.en .

[gray1847-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Gray JE (1847). "Description of a new Genus of Emydæ". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1847: 55–56. (Dermatemys, new genus, p. 55; Dermatemys Mawii, new species, p. 56).

[dum&dum1851-3] Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1851). "Emys areolata, Emys berardii, Cinosternon leucostomum, Cinosternon cruentatum ". In: Duméril AMC, Duméril AHA (1851). Catalogue Methodique de la Collection des Reptiles (Museum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris). Paris: Gide and Baudry. 224 pp. (in French).

[cope1868-4] Cope ED (1868). "An examination of the Reptilia and Batrachia obtained by the Orton expedition to Equador [sic] and the upper Amazon, with notes on other species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 96–140.

[gray1870b-5] Gray JE (1870). Supplement to the Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). London: British Museum. 120 pp.

[wern1901-6] Werner F (1901). "Neue Reptilien des Königsberger zoologischen Museums ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 24: 297–301. (in German).

[ttwg-7] Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk PP, Iverson JB, Shaffer HB, Bour R, Rhodin AGJ] (2012). "Turtles of the World, 2012 update: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs (5):, 000.243–000.328, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v5.2012, [1] （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）.

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