Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Hickety ORDER - TESTUDINES FAMILY - Dermatemydidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Dermatemys mawii REFERENCES - 5 and 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Cites II 1 U.S. ESA - Endangered 1 IUCN - Vulnerable 1 District Reference Belize, Belize 2 Corozal, Belize 3 Orange Walk, Belize 3 Cayo, Belize 3 Toledo, Belize 4 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Northern Lagoon/Southern Lagoon (Prop 4 Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary 4 New River Lagoon (Proposed) 4 Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve 4 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) Dry season 2 Government land 3 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 3 Gallon Jug 3 Community Baboon Sanctuary 3 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) 3 Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Private 3 Xunantunich Archaeological Reserve 3 Manatee Forest Reserve 3 Bladen Nature Reserve 3 Hydrologic Association Reference Corozal Bay 4 Four Mile Lagoon 4 Labouring Creek 4 New River 2 Progresso Lagoon 4 Spanish Creek 4 Sibun River 4 Rio Grande 4 Roaring Creek 4 Macal River 4 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 4 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 3 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 3 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 3 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 4 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 4 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 2 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 4 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 3 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 3 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 3 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 3 16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 4 15 50' to 16 00'; 88 50' to 89 15' 4 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 3 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 4 3 References 1 King, F. W. , R. L. Blake eds. 1989. Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. ASC. Wash. DC. pp. 26-27. 2 Hunt, H. R., J. Tamarack. 1992. Cox Lagoon Crocodile Preserve. Unpub. report. pp.4-8 3 Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize. Report to National Protected Areas Management Project. 4 Mol, D. 1986. The distribution, status, and level of exploitation of the freshwater turtle Dermatemys mawei in Belize Central America. Biological Conservation 35:87-96. 5 Lee, Julian C. 1996. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.
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