Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Green sea turtle ORDER - TESTUDINES FAMILY - Cheloniidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chelonia mydas SYNONYMS - Testudo mydas, Linnaeus, 1758 REFERENCES - 3 and 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Cites I 1 U.S. ESA - Endangered 1 IUCN - Endangered 1 District Reference Belize, Belize 1 Stann Creek, Belize 2 Toledo, Belize 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Caye Caulker 1 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument 1 Ambergris Cay 2 Silk Cays (Proposed) 2 Sapodilla Caye Marine Reserve 2 Glovers Reef Marine Reserve 2 Placencia Peninsula & Lagoon (Propose 2 Payne's Creek Wildlife Sanctuary 2 Cayes, other; see comments 2 Hydrologic Association Reference Coastal 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 1 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 15' to 88 30' 2 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 2 16 00' to 16 15'; 88 00' to 88 15' 2 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 2 16 30' to 16 45'; 87 45' to 88 00' 2 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 2 17 52'35" to 18 11'30"; 87 49' to 88 03' 2 General Distribution Comments 2 * Pumpkin Caye, Ranguana Caye, Punta Negra (Paynes Creek). References 1 Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize. Report to National Protected Areas Management Project. 2 Smith, G.W., K.L. Eckert and J.P. Gibson. 1992. WIDECAST sea turtle recovery action plan for Belize. CEP Technical report no. 18. UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme, Kingston, Jamaica. 86.pp. 3 Lee, Julian C. 1996. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.
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01/19/98