Английская Википедия:Adanson's mud turtle
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Adanson's mud turtle (Pelusios adansonii) is a species of turtle in the family Pelomedusidae. The species is endemic to north-central Africa.[1]
Taxonomy and etymology
August Friedrich Schweigger first described the turtle in 1812, based on remnants found in Senegal by French botanist Michel Adanson, for whom Schweigger named the new species as Emys andansonii.[2][3]
Geographic range
P. adansonii is found in Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, and Sudan.[4] There are at least three distinct populations within the turtle's distribution.[4]
Conservation status
Although Adanson's mud turtle does not seem to be at risk of becoming an endangered species, destruction of its habitat (largely due to farming) and hunting by humans have both reduced its population.[2][5] Hunting by humans persists despite local laws forbidding the activity in some of the countries in which the turtle is found.[2]
Characteristics
Adanson's mud turtle is a medium-sized turtle that lives in freshwater. The turtle's shell can grow up to Шаблон:Convert (straight carapace length) and is known to be sharp and rigid, with dark brown spots and dashes. The ventral part of the shell (plastron) is yellow.[5]
Diet
Adanson's mud turtle is carnivorous.[1] It eats mollusks, fish, and small amphibians.[1]
Reserve
A refuge for Adanson's mud turtle has taken place in the wetland area on the northwest side of Guiers Lake in northern Senegal and it covers about Шаблон:Convert. It is the first refuge of its kind that is dedicated to the conservation of Adanson's mud turtle and its nesting and foraging habits. It was created with the help of the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA Africa) and the Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection of Senegal.[6]
References
External links
Further reading
- Schweigger [AF] (1812). "Prodromus Monographia Cheloniorum ". Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1: 271–368, 406–458. (Emys adansonii, new species, pp. 308–309). (in Latin).
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Pelusios adansonii, pp. 1-2).
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
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