...About 41 species are distributed in southern Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia, and the Americas. There are many large species, especially in the Geochelone genus, which includes the two largest species of land tortoise (illustration, illustration), with a carapace length of 1.2 m, the African Spurred Tortoise G. sulcata , the Leopard Tortoise G. pardalis , which has a carapace length of 75 cm, the South American Red-footed Tortoise G. carbonaria , which has a carapace length of 50 cm. On the other hand, there are many small species in the Greek genus Testudo , including the North African Egyptian Tortoise T. kleinmanni , which has a carapace length of only 12 cm. ... *Some of the terminology that refers to the red-footed turtle is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…41種ほどがヨーロッパ南部,サハラ砂漠以南のアフリカ,マダガスカル,アジア南部,アメリカ大陸に分布。大型種が多く,とくにリクガメ属Geocheloneには,リクガメでは最大のゾウガメ(イラスト,イラスト)2種の甲長1.2mをはじめ,アフリカ産のケヅメリクガメG.sulcataが甲長75cm,ヒョウモンリクガメG.pardalisが65cm,南アメリカ産アカアシリクガメG.carbonariaなどが50cmに達する。他方,ギリシアガメ属Testudoには小型種が多く,北アフリカ産エジプトリクガメT.kleinmanniは甲長12cmに過ぎない。… ※「アカアシリクガメ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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