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Eretmochelys imbricata
(Cheloniidae)
hawksbill turtle
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Species description or overview
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
Eretmochelys imbricata information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Eretmochelys imbricata, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
Federal endangered/threatened status
Eretmochelys imbricata species profile from USFWS
A species profile for Eretmochelys imbricata is provided by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, including links to information regarding the federal endangered/threatened status of this species.
Threats to this species
The dilemma of accuracy in IUCN Red List
categories, as exemplified by hawksbill turtles
Eretmochelys imbricata
The hawksbill turtles example show criteria for assigning categories of threat can exaggerate the real risks of extinction and are thus not accurate.
Images
Eretmochelys imbricata - hawksbill 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.
Distribution
Post-nesting migratory movements of hawksbill
turtles Eretmochelys imbricata in waters adjacent
to the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Hawksbill turtle migratory patterns and feeding grounds were tracked by satellite transmitters.
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.
In the news
It was a good year for turtles
It was a record year for successful hawksbill and turtle nests on Maui in 2008, with an extended nesting season and volunteers to help locat and protect the nests (Maui News, 2/9/2009).
Full-text articles
Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.
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.
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.
The dilemma of accuracy in IUCN Red List
categories, as exemplified by hawksbill turtles
Eretmochelys imbricata
The hawksbill turtles example show criteria for assigning categories of threat can exaggerate the real risks of extinction and are thus not accurate.
Post-nesting migratory movements of hawksbill
turtles Eretmochelys imbricata in waters adjacent
to the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Hawksbill turtle migratory patterns and feeding grounds were tracked by satellite transmitters.
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