Skeletochronology, age at maturity and cause of mortality of loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta stranded along the beaches of Campania (south-western Italy, western Mediterranean Sea)


	Dorsal view of anterior flipper of C. caretta. The soft tissues have been partially removed from the third finger to expose the phalanx bone. Dotted line shows the level of sectioning, perpendicular to the long axis of phalanx, from which bone sections were obtained.

Part of: Maria Guarino F, Di Nocera F, Pollaro F, Galiero G, Iaccarino D, Iovino D, Mezzasalma M, Petraccioli A, Odierna G, Maio N (2020) Skeletochronology, age at maturity and cause of mortality of loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta stranded along the beaches of Campania (south-western Italy, western Mediterranean Sea). Herpetozoa 33: 39-51. https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.33.e47543