First Documented Record of Nesting by the Olive Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) in Ecuador

Juan Jose Alava; Peter Pritchard; Jeanette Wyneken; Harold Valverde

doi:10.2744/1071-8443(2007)6[282:FDRONB]2.0.CO;2

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Juan Jose Alava,¹ Peter Pritchard,² Jeanette Wyneken,³ Harold Valverde⁴

¹School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada [ ] jalavasa@sfu.ca
²Chelonian Research Institute, 401 South Central Avenue, Oviedo, Florida 32765 USA [ ] ChelonianRI@aol.com
³Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Building 12, Room 414, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33431 USA [ ] jwyneken@fau.edu
⁴Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, PO Box 13-05-009, Manta, Ecuador and Grupo Ecológico Manta Verde, Colegio Cinco de Junio, Manta, Ecuador [ ] hvalverde@iattc.org

Abstract

We report on the first confirmed occurrence of Lepidochelys olivacea nesting in Ecuador based on the presence of eggshells and the identification of a late-stage embryo at a beach located in Manta (lat 0.94°S, long 80.7°W), Manabí Province, Ecuador, in October 2004. This is the second-most-southerly record of olive ridley nesting on the Pacific coast of South America.

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Juan Jose Alava, Peter Pritchard, Jeanette Wyneken, and Harold Valverde "First Documented Record of Nesting by the Olive Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) in Ecuador," Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6(2), 282-285, (1 December 2007). https://doi.org/10.2744/1071-8443(2007)6[282:FDRONB]2.0.CO;2

Received: 6 April 2005; Accepted: 1 October 2006; Published: 1 December 2007

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