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本地保育工作 Local Conservation Efforts
眼斑水龜：透過原地及遷地保育來保護野生種群
Beale's Eyed Turtle: Preserving Wild Populations Through In-situ and Ex-situ Efforts
「眼斑」
"Eye Spots"
要辨認出眼斑水龜，你可以留意牠們的頭
頸連接處是否長有「眼斑」。年幼及雌性
龜隻的眼斑為黃色，而成年雄性龜隻的眼
斑則為紅色。
You can recognise a Beale's eyed turtle by
its "eye spots" (ocelli) – yellow in juveniles
and females, red in adult males – at the
junction of its head and neck.
© Sung Yik Hei
瀕危的香港原生龜隻品種 Hong Kong's Imperilled Residents
香港五種原生淡水龜目前均受到嚴重威脅， The Beale's eyed turtle is one of five freshwater turtle species that is
眼斑水龜是其中之一。根據 Turtle Taxonomy native to Hong Kong, all of which are currently facing signifi cant threats
Working Group 的資料，截至二零一七年，超過 to their survival. According to the Turtle Taxonomy Working Group, the
百分之八十的亞洲龜類物種已被列為易危等級。 conservation status for more than 80% of Asia's turtle species has been
在香港，由於棲息地受到破壞，加上非法寵物買 listed as threatened as of 2017. Habitat loss and the illegal pet and
賣及傳統藥材貿易等因素，令原生淡水龜的數量 traditional medicine trades have caused the population and distribution of
及分布大幅減少。根據一項最新研究指出，目前 Hong Kong's native freshwater turtles to shrink dramatically over time. As
of the most recent survey, only a very few wild populations of Beale's eyed
香港野生眼斑水龜的數量寥寥可數。
turtles remain.
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