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Sea Turtle Glossary

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Oviparous

Variations: egg-laying

Any organism that lays eggs during reproduction, and the offspring emerge from the eggs outside the mother. All sea turtles are oviparous

WWW References:

• How animals reproduce

Citations:

• Miller, J. D., Limpus, C. L. and Godfrey, M. H. 2003. Nest site selection, oviposition, eggs, development, hatching, and emegence of loggerhead sea turtles. - In: Bolten, A. B. and Witherington, B. E. (eds.), Ecology and Conservation of Loggerhead Sea Turtles. University Press of Florida, pp. 125-143.

Entered by: Brendan Godley
Modified by: Matthew Godfrey
Entered: 2004-12-13 17:05:02
Last modified: 2005-05-05 21:36:49