EVIDENCE OF REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR OF EASTERN PACIFIC GREEN TURTLE (Chelonia mydas) IN THE ARCHIPELAGO OF REVILLAGIGEDO NATIONAL PARK, MEXICO

Authors

  • Fernando Ivan Hernández Burgos Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Helena Fernández-Sanz Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur
  • Laura Andrea Flores-Gasca Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur
  • Eduardo Resendiz Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.3.1081

Keywords:

Black turtle, Clarion Island, Coupling, Mating, Socorro Island

Abstract

The Eastern Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas) locally known as black turtle, is a species listed as endangered. Through the monitoring and research of sea turtles in the Revillagigedo Archipelago for the development of the baseline information about nesting and health assessment of black turtles in the region, the first photographic records of mating behavior were obtained in Sulfur Bay on Clarion Island and in Vargas Lozano Bay on Socorro Island during the peak nesting season, indicating an extended reproductive season.

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Published

2024-09-06

How to Cite

Hernández Burgos, F. I. ., Fernández-Sanz, H. ., Flores-Gasca, L. A., & Resendiz, E. (2024). EVIDENCE OF REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR OF EASTERN PACIFIC GREEN TURTLE (Chelonia mydas) IN THE ARCHIPELAGO OF REVILLAGIGEDO NATIONAL PARK, MEXICO. Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología, 7(3), e1081 (141 – 145). https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.3.1081