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Chelonia mydas agassisi
I am not sure of the ID...maybe someone can help me to correctly ID this turtles. I found this pr mating while visiting North Seymour island of Galapagos. for great info, go to this site: http://darwinfoundation.org/english/page...
apparently I was told by the guide that turtle mate for 4 hours long!
Spotted on Jan 24, 2013
Submitted on Feb 6, 2013
4 Comments
thanks EnvUnlimited
thanks so much for the useful info!!
Great series, Susan! Yes, they seem to mate endlessly, - but they get together for mating and nesting only once a year and females turn up for that business only every second to forth year... Whether the Galapagos Green Turtle is a separate species or a subspecies of the Eastern Pacific Green Turtle is being debated, - but it clearly is different (in size and coloration etc) from the Eastern Pacific Green Turtle. - When not nesting they are far away, feeding along the american coasts. You will find good wikipedia articles or info at darwinfoundation.org.
Stefania,
I was surprised by the length of mating time but a week is even longer!!