Eretmochelys imbricata
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Subspecies I've seen:
E. i. bissa
Pacific Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata bissa
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Pacific Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Two hawksbill turtles seen by others in our snorkeling group swam off before I could catch up. But the third was gracious enough to hang around on the coral reef below for quite awhile, even stopping for a while right beneath me. I've no underwater camera, sorry.
Printed references:
- Auffenberg, W. 1980. The Herpetofauna of Komodo, with Notes on Adjacent Areas
Bulletin of the Florida State Museum Biological Sciences Volume 25 Number 2 - Cox, M. J., van Dijk, P. P., Nabhitabhata, J., Thirakhupt, K. 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand
- Das, I. 2010. A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-east Asia
- Ernst, C. H., Barbour, R. W. 1989. Turtles of the World
- Glaw, F., Vences, M. 2007. A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition
- Mckeown, S. 1996. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands