蔗林龟
（重定向自Vijayachelys silvatica）
蔗林龟
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科学分类 
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| 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： | 地龜科 Geoemydidae |
| 亚科： | 地龜亞科 Geoemydinae |
| 属： | 蔗林龟属 Vijayachelys Praschag, Schmidt, Fritzsch, Müller, Gemel and Fritz, 2006 |
| 种： | 蔗林龟 V. silvatica
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| Vijayachelys silvatica (Henderson, 1912)
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蔗林龟（学名：Vijayachelys silvatica；英語：Cane turtle）是地龟科蔗林龟属（Vijayachelys）的唯一一种生物，原产于印度西高止山脉。它首次发现于1912年，当时共搜集到两个标本，但之后的70年中未尝一见，1982年才重新出现。[3][4]
它最初属于地龟属，后来移到东方龟属，现在则属于蔗林龟属，其属名“Vijayachelys”来自印度爬行动物学家贾甘纳坦·维贾雅（Jagannathan Vijaya，1959–1987）的姓，他是1982年再度找到蔗林龟的人。[4]
特征
[编辑]其模式标本背壳长120 mm（4.7英寸），宽83 mm（3.3英寸），雌性略大于雄性，但最大也不超过13 cm（5.1英寸）。[5]
习性
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它生活在低海拔的常青林中，会在地面打浅洞藏身，洞穴周围未必有水源[6]。它是一种杂食动物。[7]
保护
[编辑]它属于IUCN濒危物种，被列入CITES附录II中，很少见于宠物市场[8]。印度的卡达尔人（Kadar）有时会捕食这种龟 。此外，过度砍伐和修建水利设施也造成其数量减少。[9]
其被列為《瀕危野生動植物種國際貿易公約》附錄二的物種，被限制出口及貿易。
参考文献
[编辑]- ^ Vijayachelys silvatica （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Vijayachelys silvatica (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T9038A97378369. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T9038A12952577.en. Downloaded on 04 September 2019.
- ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš. Checklist of Chelonians of the World (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 2007, 57 (2): 249 [2012-05]. ISSN 1864-5755. （原始内容 (PDF)存档于2010-12-17）.
- ^ Henderson (1912)
- ^ 4.0 4.1 Praschag et al. (2006)
- ^ Henderson (1912), Praschag et al. (2006)
- ^ Smith (1941)
- ^ Smith (1941), Praschag et al. (2006)
- ^ ATTWG (2000), Praschag et al. (2006)
- ^ Vijayachelys silvatica (Henderson 1912) – Cochin Forest Cane Turtle. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Deepak, V., Praschag, P., and Vasudevan, K. No. 5, pp. 078.1–7 Chelonian Research Monographs.
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (ATTWG). Vijayachelys silvatica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000, 2000: e.T9038A97378369. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T9038A12952577.en
. - Groombridge, B.; Moll, Edward O. & Vijaya, Jaganath (1983): Rediscovery of a rare Indian turtle. Oryx 17(3): 130-134.
- Henderson, J.R. (1912): Preliminary note on a new tortoise from South India. Records of the Indian Museum 7(21): 217-218.
- Moll, Edward O.; Groombridge, B. & Vijaya, Jaganath (1986): Redescription of the cane turtle with notes on its natural history and classification. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 83(Supplement): 112–126.
- Praschag, Peter; Schmidt, Christian; Fritzsch, Guido; Müller, Anke; Gemel, Richard & Fritz, Uwe (2006): Geoemyda silvatica, an enigmatic turtle of the Geoemydidae (Reptilia: Testudines), represents a distinct genus. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 6(2): 151-162. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2005.10.001 (HTML abstract). Erratum: Organisms Diversity & Evolution 6(2): 254. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2006.05.001 (HTML abstract)
- Sharath, B.K. (1990): On the Occurrence of the forest cane turtle (Geoemyda silvatica) in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, South India. Hamadryad 15(1): 34.
- Smith, M.A. (1941): The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Reptilia and Amphibi.
- Vijaya, Jaganath (1982): Rediscovery of the forest cane turtle (Heosemys silvatica) of Kerala. Hamadryad 7(3): 2-3.
- Vijaya, Jaganath (1983): Rediscovery of the Forest Cane Turtle, Heosemys (Geoemyda) silvatica (Reptilia, Testudinata, Emydidae) from Chalakudy Forests in Kerala. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79(3): 676-677
- Vijaya, Jaganath (1988): Status of the forest cane turtle (Geoemyda silvatica). Hamadryad 13(2): 10
