Turtle carapaces and scutes from Red Sea Turtles ( " Chelonia Imbricata " ) were used in rings, bracelets, dishes, bowls, knife hilts, amulets, and combs.
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Among others, sea turtles, such as the green turtle ( " Chelonia mydas " ) and the hawksbill turtle ( " Eretmochelys imbricata " ) appear regularly in Ras Mohammad.
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In his 1956 book " Osteology of the Reptiles ", American paleontologist Alfred Sherwood Romer claimed that " Eunotosaurus " could not be included within Chelonia based on the available evidence.
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The river Cauvery is also habitat for various species of reptiles like the mugger crocodile ( " Crocodylus palustris " ), Indian mud turtles ( " Chelonia " sp . ).
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Both the green turtle ( " Chelonia mydas ", endangered ) and the hawksbill turtle ( " Eretmochelys imbricata ", critically endangered ) formerly occurred in numbers sufficient to support commercial exploitation.
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Green turtles ( " Chelonia mydas " ) remain very common here despite years of exploitation and remarkably high numbers will be seen on dives or from tender trips to the lagoon entrance close to high tide.
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These also include threatened and endangered species such as the green turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), hawksbill turtle ( Eretmochelys imbricata ), Napoleon wrasses ( Cheilinus undulatus ), and tawny nurse shark ( Nebrius ferrugineus ).
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In addition to the green turtle ( chelonia mydas ), the most common species, the Altantic hawksbill ( eretmochelys imbricata ), olive Ridley ( lepidochelys olivacea ), and leatherback ( dermochelys coriacea ) also nest there.
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Over all populations of " Chelonia mydas " have seen a decrease of approximately 48 67 % of nesting females, however the population that nests in the Gal�pagos has remained quite steady with little to no change.
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While turtle hunting within this culture is not as common as it was decades ago, locals on Murray Island, Australia, continue to hunt green sea turtles ( " Chelonia mydas " ) during the turtle mating season.
