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Malandzia V. ., Dbar R. S., Gnetneva A. N., Pestov M. V. A NEW RECORD OF THE GREEN SEA TURTLE CHELONIA MYDAS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE BLACK SEA NEAR THE ABKHAZIA COAST. Current Studies in Herpetology, 2018, vol. 18, iss. 1, pp. 64-68. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18500/1814-6090-2018-18-1-2-64-68
A NEW RECORD OF THE GREEN SEA TURTLE CHELONIA MYDAS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE BLACK SEA NEAR THE ABKHAZIA COAST
A new record of the green sea turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) occurrence in the eastern part of the Black sea, on the territory of Republic of Abkhazia, is reported.
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