Peacock turtle - Peacock turtle

Japanese: クジャクガメ - くじゃくがめ
Peacock turtle - Peacock turtle

…A turtle of the family Erymidae. It includes 12 subspecies, such as the red-eared slider, the yellow-bellied slider, and the peacock turtle, but there is no turtle simply called the red-eared slider. It is widely distributed from the southeastern United States to northern South America, and has a carapace length of 20 to 30 cm, with a single ridge only in the center of the carapace. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "peacock turtles" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ヌマガメ科のカメ。ミシシッピアカミミガメ,キバラガメ,クジャクガメなど12亜種が含まれるが,単にアカミミガメと呼ばれるものはいない。アメリカ合衆国南東部から南アメリカ北部まで広く分布し,甲長20~30cm,背甲の中央部にのみ1本の隆条がある。…

※「クジャクガメ」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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