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巨头麝香龟

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巨头麝香龟
巨头麝香龟
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 爬行纲 Reptilia
目: 龟鳖目 Testudines
亚目: 曲颈龟亚目 Cryptodira
科: 动胸龟科 Kinosternidae
属: 小麝香龟属 Sternotherus
种:
巨头麝香龟 S. minor
二名法
Sternotherus minor
(Agassiz, 1857)
异名[1]
Sternotherus minor minor
  • Goniochelys minor Agassiz, 1857
  • Aromochelys minor Strauch, 1862
  • Sternotherus minor Stejneger, 1923
  • Sternotherus carinatus minor
    Carr, 1952
  • Sternotherus minor minor
    Tinkle & Webb, 1955
  • Sternothaerus minor minor
    – Tinkle, 1958
  • Sternotheraerus minor minor
    – Wharton & Howard, 1971
  • Kinosternon minor
    – Iverson, Ernst, Gotte & Lovich, 1989
  • Kinosternon minor minor
    – Ernst & Barbour, 1989
Sternotherus minor peltifer
  • Sternotherus peltifer
    H.M. Smith & Glass, 1947
  • Sternotherus carinatus peltifer
    – Carr, 1952
  • Sternotherus minor peltifer
    – Tinkle & Webb, 1955
  • Sternothaerus minor peltifer
    – Tinkle, 1958
  • Kinosternon minor peltifer
    – Ernst & Barbour, 1989

巨头麝香龟(英语:Loggerhead musk turtle学名Sternotherus minor)是小麝香龟属下的一种,原产于美国。其种加词minor”意为“较小的”。

描述

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头部

巨头麝香龟得名自其不寻常的巨大头部,其成年个体背壳长约8—13厘米(3.1—5.1英寸),其鳃只存在于下颌上。[2]

亚种

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包括其指名亚种在内,巨头麝香龟可辨识的亚种共有2种:

参考文献

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  1. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Peter Havaš. Checklist of Chelonians of the World (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 2007, 57 (2): 262–263 [29 May 2012]. ISSN 18640-5755. (原始内容 (PDF)存档于2010-12-17). 
  2. ^ Conant, R. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 429 pp. ISBN 0-395-19977-8. (Sternotherus minor, p. 42 + Plates 4,5 + Map 8.)
  3. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

扩展阅读

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  • Agassiz, L. 1857. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. Vol. I. Little, Brown, and Co. Boston. li + 452 pp.
    (Goniochelys minor, p. 424.)
  • Smith, H.M. & B.P. Glass. 1947. A new musk turtle from the southeastern United States. Journ. Washington Acad Sci. 37 (1): 22-24.
  • McCoy, C.J., A.V. Bianculli and R.C. Vogt. 1978. Sternotherus minor in the Pascagoula River system, Mississippi. Herpetological Review. 9 (3): 109.
  • Ernst, C. H.; Lovich, J.E. Turtles of the United States and Canada 2. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University. 2009: 519–525. ISBN 978-0-8018-9121-2. 

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