Nesting of green turtle Chelonia mydas on Sal, Cape Verde Islands, in August 2013

  • The Cape Verde Islands rank among the world’s most important breeding localities for the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta, while hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata, green Chelonia mydas, olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea and leatherback Dermochelys coriacea turtles are also known to occur in Cape Verde seas (Marco et al. 2011). Olive ridley and leatherback turtles are solely known as migrants, but hawksbill and green turtles regularly use these waters as feeding grounds (Marco et al. 2011, Varo Cruz et al. 2011). Here, we document a rare nesting event of green turtle on the island of Sal, one of the windward (barlavento) islands, situated in the north-east of the archipelago.

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Author:Jacquie Cozens, Berta Renom, Albert Taxonera, Cheryl Sanchez, Antonio Cruz, Ravi Lopes
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-370248
ISSN:2074-5737
Parent Title (Multiple languages):Zoologia Caboverdiana = Revista da Sociedade Cabo Veriana de Zoologia
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2015/02/11
Year of first Publication:2013
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2015/02/11
Volume:4
Issue:1
Page Number:4
First Page:21
Last Page:24
HeBIS-PPN:368331342
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte:Zoologia Caboverdiana / Zoologia Caboverdiana Vol. 4, No. 1 (2013)
:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-369665
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht