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MALAYSIAN SEA TURTLES
Green Turtle (Chelonia Mydas)
Local Name: Penyu Agar / Penyu Pulau. Shell length: 90 - 110cm Weight: 110 - 180kg. Colour: Olive-brown to green or black. Food: Predominantly seagrass and seaweeds. Range: Coasts and islands in the tropics.The Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
Local Name: Penyu Belimbing. Shell Length: 150 - 180cm. Weight: 300 - 600kg. Colour: Black with white or grey patches. Food: Prtedominantly jellyfish. Range: Oceanic. Nest in the tropics but moves to temperate water for foods.The Hawskbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Local name: Penyu Sisik, Penyu Karah. Shell Length: 70 – 90 cm. Weight: 40 – 90 kg. Colour: Combination of dark brown, yellow and brown. Food: Predominantly sponges. Range: Tropical oceans near coral reefs.The Olive-ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
Local name: Penyu Lipas Shell Length: 50 – 70 cm. Weight: 30 – 60 kg. Colour: Olive brown. Food: Crustaceans, molluscs, jellyfish, fish and seagrass Range: Coastal tropics.
- SEATRU is an acronym for the Sea Turtle Research Unit of Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT).
- The unit had its beginnings in 1984 when research on the leatherback turtles of Rantau Abang was first initiated by the then Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia.
- Sea turtle research at UMT has since developed into a multi-disciplinary program aimed at studying all aspects of the biology and ecology of sea turtles, threats to their survival, and how they can be managed in order to restore the various species to a stable population level. The vital information resulting from these studies have formed the basis for many important recommendations made by SEATRU to relevant government agencies for the conservation of sea turtles, especially within the state of Terengganu.
- Besides carrying out conservation-oriented research on sea turtles, SEATRU is also directly involved in education of university students at the undergraduate and graduate levels, school children, and the public at large on the conservation of sea turtles. It also undertakes consultancy projects which are directly or indirectly related to sea turtles.
