European Pond Turtle | 台北市立動物園資訊網
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Female European pond turtle Photograph by Dorothy DeLisle
The European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis, is native to Spain, France, northern Italy, southern Germany, Poland, Turkey, Iran, Russia, Morocco and Algeria. Although its appearance varies over its large range, E. orbicularis is often easily identifiable because of the pretty, bright yellow or gold speckling present on the dark carapace and skin of many of the juveniles and adults.
Peter Pritchard (in his Encyclopedia of Turtles) compares the European pond turtle to the Blandings turtle of North America. At one time, both were classified in the same genus since both have a slightly hinged plastron and a speckled carapacial pattern. However, because of internal skeletal differences in the neck, skull, and ribs scientists now separate them into different genera.
An evidently adaptable species, turtle hobbyists here in the United States have succes...
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European pond turtle | 台北市立動物園資訊網
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【紅耳龜】:澤龜科;
綠色皮膚上綴有黃色斑紋,在16個亞種變化很大。﹝ex:密西西比紅耳龜肋盾上有黃色條紋,眼部後方亦有明顯的黃色大斑點,腹甲...