Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98

  NAME -                 Hawksbill Turtle

  ORDER -                TESTUDINES
  FAMILY -               Cheloniidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Eretmochelys imbricata

  SYNONYMS - Testudo imbricata, Linnaeus, 1766

  REFERENCES -  1

  National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status    Reference

  Cites I                                                    1
  U.S. ESA - Endangered                                      1
  IUCN - Endangered                                          1
  

  District                                                     Reference

  Stann Creek, Belize                                                  3
  Toledo, Belize                                                       3
  

  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Ambergris Cay                                                               3
  Tobacco Cays                                                                3
  Cayes, other; see comments                                                  3
  Silk Cays (Proposed)                                                        3
  Laughing Bird Caye National Park                                            3
  Sapodilla Caye Marine Reserve                                               3
  Turneffe Reef                                                               3
  Snake Cays                                                                  3
  Turneffe Reef                                                               3
  Glovers Reef Marine Reserve                                                 3
  Government land                                                             3
  Placencia Peninsula & Lagoon (Propose                                       3
  Payne's Creek Wildlife Sanctuary                                            3
  

  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30'           3
  16 45' to 17 00'; 88 00' to 88 10'           3
  16 30' to 16 45'; 88 15' to 88 30'           3
  16 15' to 16 30'; 88 30' to 88 45'           3
  16 10' to 16 15'; 88 30' to 88 45'           3
  16 00' to 16 15'; 88 00' to 88 15'           3
  16 15' to 16 30'; 88 00' to 88 15'           3
  16 30' to 16 45'; 88 00' to 88 15'           3
  16 30' to 16 45'; 87 45' to 88 00'           3
  17 15' to 17 30'; 87 45' to 88 00'           3
  17 52'35" to 18 11'30"; 87 49' to 88 03'     3
  

  General Distribution Comments

  3*  (86) Round Caye, Pumpkin Caye, Ranguana Caye, North Spot, Tom Owens
      Caye, Long Coco/Gladden Caye. (32) Punta Negra, Punta Ycacos. (82) Mullins River to Manatee
      River, coastal.
  
  4*  Groombridge (1982:183) indicated that hawksbills nest in moderate
      numbers on the offshore cays of southern Belize, and D. Moll (1985:156)
      reported that five of eight nests found in Belize were in the Sapodilla
      Keys off the southern coast of Toledo District.

  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. 22-23.
  
  2  Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize.
     Report to National Protected Areas Management Project.
  
  3  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.
  
  4  Lee, Julian C. 1996.  The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán
     Peninsula.  Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.