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These turtle identification cards are produced as part of a series of awareness materials developed by the Coastal Fisheries Programme of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community This publication was made possible through financial assistance provided by the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) For further information, contact your local Fisheries office or: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community Fisheries Training Section, Marine Resources Division BP D5, 98848 Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia Phone: +687-262000 Fax: +687-263818 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.spc.int ©Copyright: SPC and WPRFMC, 2003. Graphics and layout: Jipé Le-Bars
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These turtle identification cards are produced as part of aseries of awareness materials developed by the CoastalFisheries Programme of the Secretariat of the PacificCommunity
This publication was made possible through financialassistance provided by the Western Pacific RegionalFishery Management Council (WPRFMC)
For further information,contact your local Fisheries office or:
The Secretariat of the Pacific CommunityFisheries Training Section, Marine Resources Division
BP D5, 98848 Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia
Phone: +687-262000 Fax: +687-263818Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.spc.int
©Copyright: SPC and WPRFMC, 2003. Graphics and layout: Jipé Le-Bars
Mean length: 0.9 m Mean weight: 90 kg Colour: grey to olive-green carapace; undersideof flippers and tail yellow or cream colour.Diet: sea cucumbers, crustaceans and otherinvertebrates.Status: listed as "endangered" by the WorldConservation Union (IUCN); Appendix I ofCITES (prohibited international trade andtransport).
Carapace:4 pairs of costalscutes, the first pairis not in contactwith the nuchalscute; slightlyupturned lateralmargins.
1 pair of prefrontal scales
Photo: Dr Colin Limpus
Mean length: 1 mMean weight: 150 kgColour: reddish-brown to orange-brown cara-pace.Diet: crustaceans, molluscs, fish and echino-derms. Status: listed as "endangered" by the WorldConservation Union (IUCN); Appendix I ofCITES (prohibited international trade andtransport).
Carapace:5 pairs of costalscutes, the first pair is in contactwith the nuchalscute.
2 pairs of prefrontal scales
large head
Photo: World Wildlife Fund
Mean length: 0.9 mMean weight: 60 kgColour: reddish-brown to orange carapace with darkbrown to black markings; darkish head scales andflippers, separated by light-colour bands; undersidesof flippers and tail very pale yellow.Diet: soft coral, sponges, crustaceans and cephalo-pods.Status: listed as "critically endangered" by theWorld Conservation Union (IUCN); Appendix I ofCITES (prohibited international trade and transport).
2 pairs of prefrontal scales
Carapace:4 pairs of costalscutes, the first pair is not in contact with the nuchal scute; carapace scutesare generally overlap-ping but this traitfades with age.
pointed hooked beak
Photo: Dr Colin Limpus
Mean length: 0.7 mMean weight: 40 kgColour: olive-green carapace in adults, grey injuveniles; yellowish underside in adults, whitein juveniles.Diet: crustaceans, mainly crabs. Status: listed as "critically endangered" by theWorld Conservation Union (IUCN); AppendixI of CITES (prohibited international trade andtransport).
2 pairs of prefrontal scales
Carapace:almost circular in adults; 5 pairs of costalscutes, the first pairis in contact with thenuchal scute.
large head
Photo: Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Mean length: 1.7 m Mean weight: 450 kg (record at 918 kg)Colour: back (pseudocarapace) and entire body:deep bluish-black with white spots. This animal doesnot have any scales.Diet: mainly jellyfish but also molluscs, seaweed orplants.Status: listed as "critically endangered" by the WorldConservation Union (IUCN); Appendix I of CITES(prohibited international trade and transport).
no scales on head
Back (pseudocarapace):no scales (simply coveredby a kind of leather) anddivided by seven longitudinal ridges.
Photo: Vincent Liardet
Mean length: 0.7 mMean weight: 45 kgColour: carapace and underside of flippers green todark brownish-green; top of flippers and neck greyish-green. Diet: crustaceans, molluscs, jellyfish, less frequentlyseaweed and plants.Status: listed as "endangered" by the WorldConservation Union (IUCN); Appendix I of CITES(prohibited international trade and transport).
Carapace:5 to 9 pairs of costal scutes (notnecessarily thesame number oneither side), thefirst pair is incontact with thenuchal scute.
2 pairs of prefrontal scales
Photo: Dr Colin Limpus
Mean length: 1.1 mMean weight: 145 kg (can weigh more than 250 kg) Colour: olive-green carapace with black spots inadults (> 0.9 m); brick red with a few streaks insub-adults (0.15–0.9 m); bluish-black with a whiteedge bordering the carapace and flippers at birth.Diet: adults: herbivores; juveniles: mainly carnivores(small crustaceans, molluscs and other inverte-brates).Status: listed as "vulnerable" by the WorldConservation Union (IUCN); Appendix I of CITES(prohibited international trade and transport).
1 pair of prefrontal scales
Carapace:4 pairs of costalscutes, the first pair isnot in contact withthe nuchal scute.
toothed beak
Photo: Vincent Liardet
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