ʻO ka honu lāʻau (Glyptemys insculpta) pili i ka papa kuhukū, ka papa reptile.
Hoʻolahalaha o ka honu wahie.
Hoʻolahalaha ka honu wahie ma kahi o nā wahi liʻiliʻi ma ka hikina o Kanada a me ka ʻākau hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, mai Nova Scotia a me New Brunswick ma ka hema o New England, Pennsylvania a me New Jersey. Noho ʻo ia ma Northern Virginia, a ma ke komohana ʻo Quebec, ma ka hema o ʻAtakona, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o Michigan, ma ka ʻĀkau a me Central Wisconsin, ma ka hikina o Minnesota. Loaʻa kahi heluna kanaka i kaʻawale ma Iowa ʻākau hikina.
Ka wahi noho o ka honu lāʻau.
ʻIke mau ka honu wahie i nā wahi noho me ka wai e neʻe ana ma nā kahawai a me nā kahawai, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi poʻe ke neʻe i kahi mamao loa mai ka wai, keu hoʻi i nā mahina mahana. Hōʻike pinepine ʻia ka honu wahie ma ke ʻano he ululāʻau, akā ma kekahi mau wahi noho ia i nā ululāʻau kahawai me nā scrublands, nā māhū a me nā wahi mauʻu ākea. Makemake lākou i nā wahi me nā lau nahele sparse, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi me kahi wai pulu akā one.
Nā hōʻailona kūwaho o kahi honu lāʻau.
ʻO ka honu lāʻau he lōʻihi ka lōʻihi o 16 a 25 cm. ʻO ka waihoʻoluʻu o ka integument he brown-hina. He keelena waena haʻahaʻa kona, a ua wehewehe maikaʻi ʻia nā apo concentric e hāʻawi ana i ka pūpū i kahi ʻano ʻino, "sculpted". He mau kaha melemele ko nā beetles carapace, hoʻonui lākou a hiki i ke keel. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka plastron melemele e ke kū ʻana o kahi kiko ʻeleʻele ma ke kihi o hope o kēlā me kēia pahu. ʻIke ʻia kahi notch V i ka huelo. Mai nā "kūpeʻe ulu" hiki ke hoʻoholo i ka makahiki o kahi honu ʻōpio, akā ʻaʻole kūpono kēia hana no ka hoʻoholo ʻana i nā makahiki o ka poʻe kahiko. I nā honu makua, kū ke kūkulu ʻana o nā kūkulu apo, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke kuhihewa i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka lōʻihi o ke ola o kekahi kanaka.
ʻEleʻele ke poʻo o kahi honu lāʻau, i kekahi manawa me nā kiko māmā a i ʻole nā māka ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao luna o nā lālā ʻeleʻele me nā kiko ʻeleʻele. ʻO ka ʻili ma ka ʻāʻī, ʻāpana haʻahaʻa o ka ʻāʻī a me nā ʻaoʻao lalo o nā wāwae i kala ʻia ka melemele, ʻalani, ʻalani-ʻulaʻula, i kekahi manawa me nā kiko ʻeleʻele. Hoʻoholo ʻia ke kala e ka wahi noho o nā kuhukukū.
ʻAno puni ka pūpū o nā kuhukukū, 2.8 a 3.8 cm ka lōʻihi, a me ka huelo o ka lōʻihi like. ʻEleʻele a ʻāhinahina i ke kala, me nā waihoʻoluʻu ʻōniʻoniʻo e hōʻike ʻia i ka makahiki mua o ka ulu ʻana. ʻOkoʻa ke kāne mai ka wahine i kahi poʻo ākea, kahi iwi elongated a convex, kahi concave plastron concave ma waenakonu a me kahi huelo mānoanoa a lōʻihi. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ke kāne, ʻo ka iwi o ka wahine ma lalo a ākea, ʻoi aku ka wela o nā pūpū; pālahalaha a pākaha iki paha ka plastron, lahilahi ka hiʻu a pōkole hoʻi.
Hana hou i kahi honu lāʻau.
ʻO ka moena ʻana i nā kuhukukū wahie pinepine ʻia i ka wā puna a me ka hāʻule. ʻO nā kāne i kēia manawa hoʻouka ikaika i nā kāne ʻē aʻe a me nā wahine.
I ka wā hānau, hōʻike ke kāne a me ka wahine i kahi "hulahula" moena a huli lākou kekahi i kekahi a hoʻoluli i ko lākou mau poʻo i hope a i mua.
A laila alualu wale ke kāne i ka wahine a nahu i kona mau lālā a me ka iwi. Hana pinepine ʻia ka moena i nā kuhukukū wahie i nā wai papau ma kahi kahawai kahawai, ʻoiai hoʻomaka ka pilina ma ka ʻāina. I Mei a Iune paha, koho ka wahine i kahi pūnaewele hamama, ʻāpana o ka lā, makemake i nā one one e pili ana i ka wai neʻe. ʻEli ʻo ia i ka pūnana me kāna mau lālā hope, e hana ana i kahi fossa puni me ka hohonu o 5 a 13 cm. Aia he 3 a 18 mau hua i loko o kahi paʻa. Kanu maikaʻi ʻia nā hua, a hoʻāʻo nui ka wahine e luku i nā koina āpau o ka paʻa. Hoʻomoe wale nā honu lāʻau i kā lākou mau hua i hoʻokahi wale nō makahiki i ka makahiki.
Kū ka hoʻolālā ma 47 a 69 mau lā a pili i ka mahana a me ka wela. Hōʻike nā kuhukukū liʻiliʻi i ka hopena o ʻAukake a Sepatemaba paha a neʻe i ka wai. Hiki iā lākou ke hana hou ma waena o nā makahiki 14 a 20. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka lōʻihi o ke ola i ka hihiu, akā aia paha ma kahi o 58 mau makahiki.
ʻO ka hana kuhukū lāʻau.
ʻO nā honu lāʻau he mau holoholona diurnal a noho ma kahi ākea a me kahi lā, a hūnā paha i ka mauʻu a i ʻole nā ulu lāʻau. Hoʻololi kūpono lākou i nā anuanu, nā aniau.
E ka huki mau ʻana i ka lā, hānai nā honu i ka mahana o ko lākou kino, ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i ka synthetic D synthetic, a me ka hemo ʻana i nā parasite i waho e like me nā leech.
Hōʻino nā honu lāʻau i ka wā hoʻoilo (ʻOkakopa a ʻApelila), ma ke ʻano he, hibernate ma lalo a ma luna o nā hāe o nā kahawai a me nā kahawai, kahi ʻaʻole i paʻa ka wai. Koi aku kahi kanaka ma kahi o 1 a 6 mau ʻeka paha e noho ai, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi mau kuhukukū wahie ke hele i kahi mamao i nā kahawai.
He ʻeleu loa nā kuhukukū wahie, ua hoʻomohala lākou i nā hoʻololi kūlike e hiki ai iā lākou ke neʻe maʻalahi ma waena o nā wahi kai a me ka nahele.
ʻAi honu lāʻau.
ʻO nā honu lāʻau he omnivores a loaʻa ka meaʻai i ka wai. ʻAi lākou i nā lau a me nā pua o nā mea kanu lau nahele like ʻole (violets, strawberry, raspberries), nā huaʻai a me nā lau. E hōʻiliʻili i nā slug, snails, worm, insect. Lohi loa nā kuhukukū wahie no ka hopu ʻana i ka iʻa a i ʻole nā mea pio e holo wikiwiki ana, ʻoiai lākou e ʻai i nā ʻiole ʻōpio a me nā hua manu a i ʻole lawe i nā holoholona make, ʻenuhe, i ʻike ʻia ma ka papa lepo ma hope o ka ua nui.
Kūlana mālama o ka honu wahie.
ʻAno maʻalahi ka honu lāʻau ma muli o nā loli o ka nohona a me ka hei nui ʻole. ʻO kēia laha he mau helu haʻahaʻa o ka hānau hou ʻana, kiʻekiʻe make ma waena o nā ʻōpio a hoʻolohi ʻia ka wā ʻōpio. ʻO ka luku pololei kahi mea hoʻoweliweli nui i nā kuhukukū wahie i kekahi mau ʻāpana o ka pae. Nui nā holoholona i make ma nā alanui ma lalo o nā huila o nā kaʻa, mai nā mea ʻai holoholona e pepehi i nā honu no ka ʻiʻo a me nā hua. He mea waiwai nui kēia ʻano mea no ke kūʻai aku i nā hōʻiliʻili pilikino e pili ana i ke kahe o nā mea hoʻomaha, no ka laʻana, nā holo waʻa a me nā lawaiʻa. Lilo nā mea kolo i nā mea mākaʻikaʻi, nā lawaiʻa, a me nā poʻe hoihoi waʻa.
Ke ʻehaʻeha loa nei nā kuhukukū wahie mai ka nalo ʻana o ka nohona a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana. ʻO ka lawaiʻa ʻana i nā ʻae one ma nā kahawai ʻākau kahi o lākou e pūnana ai kahi mea hoʻoweliweli hou e hiki ai ke hōʻemi i ka hiki ke hana hou o nā honu. ʻO kahi hoʻoweliweli hou aʻe ka predation o nā raccoons, ka mea ʻaʻole hoʻomake wale i nā hua manu kuhukukū a me nā moa, akā ʻai pū kekahi i nā kuhukukū makua. I kēia manawa, hoʻoponopono ʻia ka hopu ʻana i nā kuhukukū lāʻau no nā hōʻiliʻili pilikino, a ma kekahi mau mokuʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika, pāpā loa ʻia ka hōʻiliʻili o nā mea kolo kolo.
ʻAʻole maikaʻi loa ka wā e hiki mai ana o nā honu lāʻau, no laila aia lākou ma ka papa inoa ʻulaʻula o IUCN ma lalo o ka mahele Vulnerable, i helu ʻia ma CITES Appendix II, a pale ʻia ma Michigan.
