Check List 9(2): 434-435, doi: 10.15560/9.2.434
First record of an immature green turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines: Cheloniidae) on a fluvial island, Reserva Biológica do Parazinho, Amazonas river, Brazil
expand article infoCarlos Eduardo Costa Campos‡, Rafael Cabral dos Santos§, Ananda Silva Araújo|, Núcia Nayara Guedes Paes|
‡ Universidade Federal do Amapá, Brazil§ Secretaria Estadual do Meio Ambiente do Estado do Amapá, Brazil| Bolsista de Iniciação Científica PIBIC/CNPq, Brazil

Corresponding author: Carlos Eduardo Campos ( eduardocampos@unifap.br )

© 2017 Carlos Eduardo Campos, Rafael Santos, Ananda Araújo, Núcia Paes.
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Citation: Campos C, Araújo A, Santos R, Paes N (2013) First record of an immature green turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines: Cheloniidae) on a fluvial island, Reserva Biológica do Parazinho, Amazonas river, Brazil. Check List 9(2): 434-435. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.2.434
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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.
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