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THE scanty literature on the green or edible turtle, Chelonia mydas, as reviewed by Ingle and Smith1, agrees in allocating a definite breeding season (in no case more than six months) to this species, varying from April–August in the West Indies to October–February in Queensland.
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Ingle, Robert M., and Smith, F. G. Walton, “Sea Turtles and the Turtle Industry of the West Indies, Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico; with Annotated Bibliography” (Univ. Miami Pub., 1948).
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Moorhouse, F. W., “Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Committee”, 4, Pt. 1 (1933).
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HARRISSON, T. Breeding of the Edible Turtle. Nature 169, 198 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169198a0
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