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Paolo Casale (IUCN SSC Marine Turtle
Specialist Group / Department of Biology and Biotechnology “Charles Darwin, ” University of Rome “La Sapienza; Anton Tucker (Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, Sarasota (23 August 2015).
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Coordinator), Bryan
Wallace (IUCN SSC Marine Turtle RLA; Group), Manjula Tiwari (IUCN SSC Marine Turtle Specialist; Group), Marc Girondot (IUCN SSC Marine Turtle Specilaist (21 June 2013).
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have been documented to nest on
Christmas Island. Sea turtle nesting occurs on Dolly Beach, on a small area of sand above the high tide level, and occasionally at Greta Beach.
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Hal Cogger GAA, GRA / Australian Museum; John
Woinarski (Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts; Mitchell, Nicki; Emery, Jon-Paul (20 February 2017).
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Hal Cogger (GAA, GRA / Australian Museum; John
Woinarski (Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts; Mitchell, Nicki; Wynn, Melissa (20 February 2017).
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Hal Cogger (GAA, GRA / Australian Museum; John
Woinarski (Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts; Mitchell, Nicki; Ellis, Ryan (20 February 2017).
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Smith, Michael J.; Cogger, Hal; Tiernan, Brendan; Maple, Dion; Boland, Christopher; Napier, Fionnuala; Detto, Tanya; Smith, Peter (10 September 2012).
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Hal Cogger (GAA, GRA / Australian Museum; John
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Beeton, Bob; Burbidge, Andrew; Grigg, Gordon; Harrison, Peter; How, Ric; Humphreys, Bill; McKenzie, Norm; Woinarski, John (2010).
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Guinevere Wogan (University of
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Final report of the
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944:"IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Eretmochelys imbricata"
786:"IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Cyrtodactylus sadleiri"
727:"IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Lepidodactylus listeri"
812:"IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Hemidactylus frenatus"
997:"IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Dermochelys coriacea"
753:"Vale 'Gump', the last known Christmas Island Forest Skink"
864:"IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Lycodon capucinus"
669:"IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Emoia nativitatis"
971:"IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Caretta caretta"
918:"IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Chelonia mydas"
313:) had been introduced to the island by 1940, and the
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Christmas Island has one endemic snake species, the
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504:nests on Christmas Island; rarely documented
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115:Christmas Island blue-tailed shining-skink
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810:Ota, H. & Whitaker (30 June 2009).
647:Herpetological Conservation and Biology
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59:Christmas Island forest skink
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1452:List of reptiles of Oceania
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1047:List of reptiles of Asia
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352:Ramphotyphlops exocoeti
311:Ramphotyphlops braminus
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75:Cryptoblepharus egeriae
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83:Lepidodactylus listeri
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