扁尾蛛网龟之基本饲养报告

　　这份照顾计划书只是简单的概括如何饲养扁尾蛛网龟这物种。对于如何发展更佳的照顾计划及繁殖后代，有更深入研究探讨的需要，尤其是针对这种稀少和体积较小的物种。

　　在这种照顾计划书中我们通常在第一段尝试着从整体去简单的描述这种物种。在这个物种的实例上来说，非常不幸的是有必要把这份计划书更加强它的重要性。在此更应该引用下面的引述来加强认识它的重要， 下段引文是来自2002年1月9日John Behler 写给 CITES Animal Committee and Concerned Parties 的一封信：（这封信是原文，不便翻译，认为应该全文刊出，只稍做简单的翻译，并无任何篡改原文。）

　　 " While in Antananarivo, and prior to our southern Madagascar travels, I’d heard (pers. com. J. Durbin) that the flat-tailed tortoise (Pyxis planicauda) collection had resumed in the Kirindy area. As previously reported at an Animal Committee meeting, the collection of this species has exceeded the CITES quotas. This was verified by USFWS. At the CBSG/CAMP meeting in Madagascar last May, the status of this species was evaluated and judged to be critically endangered. This tortoise is a dry deciduous forest species that is sympatric with the giant jumping rat. This vanishing species was fully evaluated through a PHVA and the results predicted an extinction time of <30 years. The forest habitat is disappearing at 4-5% per annum. Ignoring all other factors, that statistic in and of itself provides a snapshot of the bleak future these species face. Further collection of this species of flat-tailed tortoises must stop. Arguments that animal dealers in Madagascar will play a role in this species’ conservation have no biological foundation. The CAMP evaluation by Malagasy and expatriate reviewers was clear on this subject."

　　在这封信中John Behler 指出气候环境因素，使扁尾蛛网龟的原生栖息地被破坏（原生森林栖息地每年减少4-5%） ，和人类捕捉的影响，致使扁尾蛛网龟有可能在未来30年内濒临绝种。他呼吁世界保育动物协会能够重视这个问题，使捕捉此物种的活动能够终止，并建议将扁尾蛛网龟由原本的CITES 2 级类保育动物提升到CITES 1 级物种。此问题已交由相关单位审核并处理。

　　栖息地：扁尾蛛网龟之原生栖息地的气候条件非常的广泛，如亚热带雨林的气候环境

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