Monitoring data of marine turtles on the Togolese coast during 2012-2013

Délagnon Assou; Gabriel H Segniagbeto; Raoufou Radji; Jacques Akiti; Francisco Pando

doi:10.3897/zookeys.779.26967

Monitoring data of marine turtles on the Togolese coast during 2012-2013

Zookeys. 2018 Aug 7:(779):109-118. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.779.26967. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Délagnon Assou^{1

2}, Gabriel H Segniagbeto^{1

2}, Raoufou Radji³, Jacques Akiti², Francisco Pando⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Lomé, 01BP: 1515, Lomé, Togo University of Lomé Lomé Togo.
² Togolese Society for the Nature Conservation / Association Togolaise pour la Conservation de la Nature, "ONG AGBO-ZEGUE", BP: 6057, Avepozo - Ibokome, Lomé, Togo Togolese Society for the Nature Conservation Lomé Togo.
³ Laboratory of Forestery Research, Faculty of Science - University of Lomé Laboratory of Forestery Research, Faculty of Science Lomé Togo.
⁴ Real Jardín Botánico - CSIC, Claudio Moyano 1, 28014, Madrid, Spain Real Jardín Botánico Madrid Spain.

Abstract

This dataset contains information on the presence and distribution of sea turtles in Togo. Observations were carried out through a network of ten ecoguards (local guides), facilitated by five fishermen, and coordinated by a field technician, all under the supervision of a scientific coordinator. Data on the occurrence or direct observation of sea turtles on the Togolese coast from September 2012 to August 2013 is presented based on 740 occurrences.

Keywords: Chelonia mydas; Cheloniidae; Dermochelyidae; Dermochelys coriacea; Lepidochelys olivacea; Togo; West Africa; coast; ecoguards.