Location and movements of Ibélice, tagged in Panama

Turtle Name: Ibélice

Carapace length
156.1cms


Flipper/pit tag number

RF tag: V4236
LF tag: VA4246

Turtle's sponsor/s

• CCC
• WWF
• Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund

::: Remarks :::
Ibélice is an adult female leatherback sea turtle that was encountered nesting in Zone 4 on Chiriquí Beach in Panama on June 16, 2006. She measured 156.1 cm in curved carapace (shell) length which is slightly larger than the average size (152 cm). Ibélice had first been encountered nesting and was flipper tagged with Monel metal tags on Chiriquí Beach in 2001.

Since then she had lost one of her flipper tags, but was retagged earlier in 2006 while nesting on Long Beach, Panama, located about 70 km north. She had also been seen earlier during the 2005 season. A harness with a satellite transmitter was applied after she finished nesting.