HISTORY OF SEA TURTLE POPULATIONS IN THE SULTANATE Of OMAN ﺍﻟﺴﻼﺣﻒ ﺍﻟﺒﺤﺮﻳﺔ ﻓﻲ ﺳﻠﻄﻨﺔ ﻋﻤﺎﻥ Presented By Ali Al Kiuymi Director General of Nature Conservation Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment & Water Resources 2006 ﺗﻘﺪﻳﻢ ﻋﻠﻲ ﺑﻦ ﻋﺎﻣﺮ ﺍﻟﻜﻴﻮﻣﻲ ������� ��� ���� ﻭﺯﺍﺭﺓ ﺍﻟﺒﻠﺪﻳﺎﺕ ﺍﻻﻗﻠﻴﻤﻴﺔ ﻭ ﺍﻟﺒﻴﺌﺔ ﻭ ﻣﻮﺍﺭﺩ ﺍﻟﻤﻴﺎﻩ 2006
FIVE SEA TURTLE SPECIES IN THE SULTANATE ﻳﻮﺟﺪ ﻓﻲ ﺳﻠﻄﻨﺔ ﻋﻤﺎﻥ ﺧﻤﺴﺔ ﺍﻧﻮﺍﻉ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﺴﻼﺣﻒ ﺍﻟﺒﺤﺮﻳﺔ Loggerhead turtle Green turtle �������� Hawksbill turtle �������� Olive Ridley turtle ����� Leatherback turtle ��������
Nesting & Feeding Grounds for Sea Turtles in the Sultanate of Oman ﺍﻣﺎﻛﻦ ﺗﻐﺬﻳﺔ ﻭ ﺗﻌﺸﻴﺶ ﺍﻟﺴﻼﺣﻒ ﺍﻟﺒﺤﺮﻳﺔ ﻓﻲ ﺳﻠﻄﻨﺔ ﻋﻤﺎﻥ H - Hawksbills G – Greens L – Loggerheads O – Olives ! Population of world-wide importance ! ﺍﻋﺪﺍﺩ ﺫﺍﺕ ﺍﻫﻤﻴﺔ ﻋﺎﻟﻤﻴﺔ
ﺗﺮﻗﻴﻢ ﺍﻟﺴﻼﺣﻒ ﺍﻟﺒﺤﺮﻳﺔ Tagging Sea Turtles Rear flippers in leatherbacks only Front flippers in other turtles
Aspects of Turtle Nesting Beaches ﺑﻌﺾ ﺟﻮﺍﻧﺐ ﺳﻮﺍﺣﻞ ﺍﻟﺘﻌﺸﻴﺶ Nesting Cycle High Density Population Turtle Track & Body Pit
Sea Turtles Sex Differentiation ﺍﻻﺧﺘﻼﻓﺎﺕ ﺍﻟﺠﻨﺴﻴﺔ ﻟﻠﺴﻼﺣﻒ ﺍﻟﺒﺤﺮﻳﺔ Green Turtle Chelonia mydas Male Female ﺫﻛﺮ ﺍﻧﺜﻰ
Thank you for your attention ﺷﻜﺮﺍ ﻟﺤﺴﻦ ﺍﺳﺘﻤﺎﻋﻜﻢ Green turtle Chelonia mydas in Sur in 2002
Green Turtle Chelonia mydas (phylum: Chordata; order: Testudines; family Cheloniidae)