食蝸龜
食蝸龜(學名:Malayemys subtrijuga ;Mekong snail-eating turtle),亦名食螺龜、湄公食蝸龜、湄公食螺龜,地龜科食蝸龜屬的一種,主要分布於東南亞地區,長期以來馬來食蝸龜(Malayemys macrocephala)被誤認為是食蝸龜(Malayemys subtrijuga)的同物異名,但現已獨立出去。
目錄
習性
食蝸龜喜歡生活在水流緩慢的水域,屬雜食性水龜,由於上下顎較其他龜強而有力,因此可以輕易咬碎螺、蝸牛等水生生物,偶然也會進食昆蟲、植物。
分佈
參考文獻
- ↑ Brophy, Timothy R. Geographic variation and systematics in the south-east Asian turtles of the genus Malayemys (Testudines: Bataguridae). Hamadryad. 2004, 29: 63 – 73 –通過Digital Commons.
- ↑ Brophy, Timothy R. Geographic distribution of the Southeast Asian turtles in the Genus Malayemys (Testudines: Bataguridae). Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society. 2005, 40: 21 – 33 –通過Digital Commons.