The olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) is the most common sea turtle to nest in Colombia. El Valle beach is considered the most important nesting beach for this species in South America. Intensive direct capture of nesting females and egg poaching for consumption and local commercial purposes has been a common practice for years. We conducted an analysis of the nesting ecology of the olive ridley on El Valle beach in the northern Pacific of Colombia in 2008. A total of 164 clutches were transferred to an artificial hatchery for protection. The peak of nesting occurred from the second half of August until the end of September, accounting for 64.6 % of all nests. Along the beach, the section most frequently used was Section 3, with 26 % of ...
The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), a species listed by the International Union for...
The Colombian slider turtle (Trachemys callirostris callirostris) is a subspecies under a high level...
The objective of this research was to determine biological and ecological population characteristics...
The olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) is the most common sea turtle to nest in Colombia. El Valle...
<p>The olive ridley <em>(Lepidochelys olivacea)</em> is the most common sea turtle to nest in Colomb...
A research on the percentage of hatchlings of the olive ridley turtle (Lepi...
Sea turtles are reptiles of great antiquity, they have inhabited the earth for more than 110 million...
ABSTRACT: The Magdalena River Turtle, Podocnemis lewyana, is an endangered and endemic turtle from C...
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) is a sea turtle with a life cycle in which females’ nest o...
In this paper we analyzed the size structure of Olive Ridley turtle Lepidochelys olivacea, from indi...
The Olive Ridley sea turtle nests lonely, in arribada and in mixed condition. The arribadas are mass...
Few long-term demographic studies have been conducted in freshwater turtles of South America despite...
The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), a species listed by the International Union for...
The Colombian slider turtle (Trachemys callirostris callirostris) is a subspecies under a high level...
The objective of this research was to determine biological and ecological population characteristics...
The olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) is the most common sea turtle to nest in Colombia. El Valle...
<p>The olive ridley <em>(Lepidochelys olivacea)</em> is the most common sea turtle to nest in Colomb...
A research on the percentage of hatchlings of the olive ridley turtle (Lepi...
Sea turtles are reptiles of great antiquity, they have inhabited the earth for more than 110 million...
ABSTRACT: The Magdalena River Turtle, Podocnemis lewyana, is an endangered and endemic turtle from C...
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) is a sea turtle with a life cycle in which females’ nest o...
In this paper we analyzed the size structure of Olive Ridley turtle Lepidochelys olivacea, from indi...
The Olive Ridley sea turtle nests lonely, in arribada and in mixed condition. The arribadas are mass...
Few long-term demographic studies have been conducted in freshwater turtles of South America despite...
The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), a species listed by the International Union for...
The Colombian slider turtle (Trachemys callirostris callirostris) is a subspecies under a high level...
The objective of this research was to determine biological and ecological population characteristics...