Noctiluca

Tortugas carey en el Pacifico Mexicano.

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Species: Hawksbill
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2018-04-15 16:00:00
Release Location: Isla Coral, Nayarit, Mexico
Last Location: 2021-07-02 01:50:19

Background

Engliah after Spanish description.

SPANISH

El dia 12 de abril 2018 biologos del ONG mexicano local Red Tortuguera A.C. visitaron la Isla Coral en Bahia de Banderas, Nayarit, Mexico.

Despues de cuatro horas snorkeleando transectos durante el dia, fue tiempo para la primer monitoreo de noche alredador de la isla. Despues de entre al agua localizamos rapidamente una aleta saliendo de adentro de una cueva. Asi fue capturada la tortuga bautizada Noctiluca (por el gran cantidad de noctiluca-bioluminencia en el mar este noche).

Noctiluca midio:

69cm Longitud curvo de caparazon
63cm Ancho curvo de caparazon

61.6cm Longitud recta de caparazon
50.0cm Ancho recta de caparazon

ENGLISH

On the 12th April 2018 biologists from the local Mexican NGO Red Tortuguera A.C. visited the Isla Coral in Bahia de Jaltemba, Nayarit, Mexico.

After four hours looking for turtles swimming transects using snorkels during the day it was time for the first nightly survey on around the island. On entering the water we quickly located a flipper poking out from a cave under a rock. This led to the capture of "Noctiluca" (the Spanish word for bioluminescence):

Noctiluca measured:

69 Curved Carapace Length
63 Curved Carapace Width

61.6 Straight Carapace Length
50.0 Straight Carapace Width

Isla Coral has been declared a protected area by the local fishing cooperative and looked after by the cooperative and local tourism operators.