2009年12月23日 星期三

2009-12-23新進動物


Kinixys homeana 荷葉陸龜 x 若干

Calabaria reinhardtii (=Charina reinhardtii) 橡皮蟒 (=卡拉巴蟒) x 若干
Lichanura trivirgata 玫瑰蟒 x 若干

先看一下荷葉陸龜在野外倒底吃什麼, 然後以下是幾篇有關荷葉陸龜的保育與生態學相關論文:
  • Goh TY, O'Riordan RM. 2007. Are tortoises and freshwater turtles still traded illegally as pets in Singapore? Oryx 41(1): 97-99. [link]
  • Luiselli L. 2003. Comparative abundance and population structure of sympatric Afrotropical tortoises in six rainforest areas: the differential effects of “traditional veneration” and of “subsistence hunting” by local people. Acta Oecologica 24(3): 157-163. [link]
  • Luiselli L. 2003. Seasonal activity patterns and diet divergence of three sympatric Afrotropical tortoise species (genus Kinixys). Contributions to Zoology 72(4) [link]
  • Luiselli L. 2005. Aspects of comparative thermal ecology of sympatric hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys homeana and Kinixys erosa) in the Niger Delta, southern Nigeria. African Journal of Ecology 43(1): 64-69. [link]
  • Luiselli L. 2006. Food niche overlap between sympatric potential competitors increases with habitat alteration at different trophic levels in rain-forest reptiles (omnivorous tortoises and carnivorous vipers). Journal of Tropical Ecology (2006)22: 695-704. [link]
  • Luiselli L, Politano E, Lea J. 2006. Assessment of the Vulnerable Status of Kinixys homeana (Testudines: Testudinidae) for the IUCN Red List. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 5(1): 130-138. [link]
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圖片連結: DeNA.co