Further Studies on Sea Turtles in Trinidad and Tobago - With a Guide to the Common Species and Their Hatchlings

Abstract

Studies on the breeding biology of sea turtles in Trinidad were begun in 1965 by members of the Trinidad Field Naturalists' Club who were concerned over the wasteful destruction of this valuable resource. There have been brief reports of these studies in the two previous issues of this Journal and also an account of the status of our knowledge of Leatherback Turtles in Trinidad up to the end of the 1969 nesting season (Bacon, 1970). This report gives detailed records of the turtles observed by the authors and other members of the Field Naturalists' Club during 1970.