Chelonia mydas (Reptiles-Turtles)

Chelonia mydas
(Reptiles-Turtles)

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Species description or overview	Taxonomy & nomenclature	Federal endangered/threatened status	Images
Books	Full-text articles	Bibliography

Species description or overview

Green Sea Turtle
Fact sheet on the green sea turtle.

Hawaii sea turtle information from the Pacific Island Network, National Park Service
Description, status, inventories, and sightings for green and hawksbill turtles are provided on this "Featured Resource" document from the NPS.

Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Chelonia mydas
Nomenclatural information about Chelonia mydas is provided by ITIS.

Federal endangered/threatened status

Chelonia mydas species profile from USFWS
A species profile for Chelonia mydas is provided by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, including links to information regarding the federal endangered/threatened status of this species.

Images

Green sea turtle images
Amazing images of the Hawaiian honu, including turtle being cleaned by tangs, are featured on this Reeflections SmugMug site.

Chelonia mydas - green sea turtle (Cheloniidae - Testudines)
Images, web sites, news articles, blog entries, videos, and books are compiled by google on this Reptiles and Amphibians of Hawaii site.

Books

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

An updated, indexed bibliography of the herpetofauna of Florida
Enge, Kevin M. 2002. An updated, indexed bibliography of the herpetofauna of Florida. Technical report no. 19.

Herpetological inventory in West Hawaii National Parks: Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site
Bazzano, Jason. 2007. Herpetological inventory in West Hawaii National Parks: Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site. Technical Report 141. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Honolulu. 30 pp. illus.

Bibliography

References for Chelonia mydas
Bibliographic references for Chelonia mydas are provided by HEAR.

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