First record of an immature green turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines: Cheloniidae) on a fluvial island, Reserva Biológica do Parazinho, Amazonas river, Brazil

By

Costa-Campos, Carlos Eduardo
Santos, Rafael Cabral Dos
Araújo, Ananda Silva
Paes, Núcia Nayara Guedes

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013-5-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

9

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

434--435

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/9.2.434

 

Abstract

On March 8th, 2011 we recorded an immature green turtle Chelonia mydas at the Reserva Biológica do Parazinho, eastern Amazonia, Brazil. This record of C. mydas on a fluvial island, where the aquatic environment is a mixture of fresh and salt water, suggests that this typical marine species potentially tolerates lower levels of water salinity.