The sight of aquatic turtles sunning themselves on exposed logs and rocks is common in many places throughout the world. This "aerial" or "atmospheric" basking behavior has been reported in numerous species, and is an important component of turtle ecology, but observations of turtles "basking" out of the water are restricted almost entirely to daylight hours. To the best of our knowledge, there are only few anecdotal reports of "nocturnal basking" in freshwater turtles (Neil and Allen 1954, Boyer 1965), most recently from a single observation of several Lavarack's snapping turtles (Elseya lavarackorum) sitting out of the water at ~01:00 (Cann and Sadlier 2017).

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淡水龟的夜间晒太阳行为

水龟在裸露的原木和岩石上晒太阳的景象在世界许多地方都很常见。这种“空中”或“大气”晒太阳的行为已在许多物种中得到报道，并且是海龟生态学的重要组成部分，但对“晒”出水面的海龟的观察几乎完全限于白天。据我们所知，淡水龟“夜间晒太阳”的传闻很少（Neil 和 Allen 1954，Boyer 1965），最近一次来自对几只 Lavarack 的鳄龟（Elsaya lavarackorum）的一次观察。大约 01:00 的水（Cann 和 Sadlier 2017）。