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World's Top 25 Most
Endangered Turtles
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世界TOP25瀕臨絕種的龜類
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Turtle Conservation Fund 龜類保育基金會
05.15.2003
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龜類保育基金會(Turtle Conservation Fund TCF)於今年五月十五日,在華盛頓首次發佈了該組織所認定之世界TOP25瀕臨絕種龜類的名單,其中包括陸龜,箱龜和水龜.TCF認為這25種龜龜中大部份將會在
未來的20年內絕種,因此急需更進一步的保護.其中大部份是亞洲的龜類.這份報告已經在歐美日各國引起廣泛的討論,我們不是華盛頓公約國,但是這種重要的議題不可不知.
一般來說,先進國家的學術單位並不願意發佈類似的報告,因為這種報告在另一方面來說,也正好提供了非法野生動物業者一份熱門清單,剛好可以用來做為蒐購的參考,反而更加速這些龜種的滅絕.這次是因為情況已到危急關頭,才毅然提出這份研究報告,並呼籲世界各國同心協力
再提昇這些龜種的保育.
- TCF會做出這份名單當然有其背景與根據,我們不必去探討名單的正確性,卻不能沒有相同的認知.如果
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Survival Alliance網站,他們有第一手的資料,也有許多其他龜類的保育資料,頗值得參考.以下便是這25種龜龜的列表,由於原報告的圖片過小,無法清楚辨認,所以下表中
- 的圖片是站長另行配置的,與TCF的圖片並不全然相同:
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1.
River Terrapin 巴達庫爾龜
Batagur baska
S.E. Asia (Indo-Burma & Sundaland Hotspots)
IUCN Rank: Critically Endangered |
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Striped Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle 印度紋背鱉
Chitra chitra
S.E. Asia (Indo-Burma Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Critically Endangered |
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Roti Snake-necked Turtle 羅地島長頸龜
Chelodina mccordi
Southern Indonesia (Wallacea Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Critically Endangered |
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Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle 三線箱龜
Cuora trifasciata
Northern Vietnam & China (Indo-Burma Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Critically Endangered |
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Arakan Forest
Turtle 緬甸山龜
Heosemys depressa
Myanmar (Indo-Burma Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Critically Endangered |
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Burmese Star Tortoise 緬甸星龜
Geochelone platynota
Myanmar (Indo-Burma Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Critically Endangered |
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Sulawesi
Forest Turtle 蘇拉威西山龜
Leucocephalon yuwonoi
Indonesia (Wallacea Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Critically Endangered |
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Painted Terrapin 西瓜龜
Callagur borneoensis
S.E. Asia (Indo-Burma & Sundaland Hotspots)
IUCN Rank: Critically Endangered |
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Burmese Roofed Turtle 緬甸高背龜
Kachuga trivittata
Myanmar (Indo-Burma Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Endangered |
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Vietnam Leaf Turtle 安南葉龜
Mauremys annamensis
Vietnam (Indo-Burma Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Critically Endangered |
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Southern Speckled Padloper Tortoise 斑點鸚嘴龜
Homopus signatus cafer
South Africa (Succulent Karoo Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Species Near
Threatened, subspecies not yet ranked |
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Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle 斑鱉
Rafetus swinhoei
China and Vietnam
IUCN Rank: Critically Endangered |
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Madagascar Big-headed Turtle 馬達加斯加大頭龜
Erymnochelys
madagascariensis
Madagascar (Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island
Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Endangered |
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Ploughshare Tortoise 安哥洛卡象龜
Geochelone yniphora
Madagascar (Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island
Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Endangered |
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Flat-tailed Tortoise 扁尾龜
Pyxis planicauda
Madagascar (Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island
Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Endangered |
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Geometric Tortoise 幾何龜
Psamnobates geometricus
South Africa (Cape Floristic Province Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Endangered |
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Philippine Forest Turtle 菲律賓山龜
Heosemys leytensis
Philippine Islands
IUCN Rank: Critically Endangered |
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Egyptian Tortoise 埃及陸龜
Testudo kleinmanni
S.E. Mediterranean (Mediterranean Basin Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Endangered |
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Western Swamp
Turtle 澳洲短頸龜
Pseudemydura umbrina
Australia (Southwestern Australia Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Critically Endangered |
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Mary River
Turtle 瑪莉河龜
Elusor macrurus
Australia
IUCN Rank: Endangered |
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Dahl
Toad-headed Turtle 哥倫比亞蟾頭龜
Phrynops dahli
Colombia
IUCN Rank: Critically Endangered |
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Abingdon Island Tortoise (Galapagos Tortoise) 加拉巴哥象龜
Geochelone nigra abingdoni
Galapagos Islands (Choco-Darien-Western Ecuador
Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Extinct in the Wild |
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Central
American River Turtle 中美洲河龜
Dermatemys mawii
Central America (Mesoamerica Hotspot)
IUCN Rank: Endangered |
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Bog Turtle 牟氏龜
Clemmys muhlenbergii
United States
IUCN Rank: Endangered |
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Yellow-Blotched Map Turtle 黃斑地圖龜
Graptemys flavimaculata
United States
IUCN Rank: Endangered |
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