<HTML> <!--This file created 1/10/01 18:58 by Claris Home Page version 3.0--> <HEAD>    <TITLE>La tortue imbriqu&eacute;e (Eretmochelys imbricata)</TITLE>    <META NAME=GENERATOR CONTENT="Claris Home Page 3.0">    <X-CLARIS-WINDOW TOP=47 BOTTOM=731 LEFT=211 RIGHT=955>    <X-CLARIS-TAGVIEW MODE=minimal> <META NAME="author" CONTENT="Christophe Petitpierre - e.mail : synetic@petitpierre.net"><META NAME="copyright" CONTENT="  ECOFAC, 2001"><META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index, follow"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><META NAME="rating" CONTENT="General"><META NAME="revisit-after" CONTENT="30 days"><META NAME="Description" LANG="fr" CONTENT="Les tortues marines du Golfe de Guine : La tortue imbrique (Eretmochelys imbricata)"><META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="tortue imbrique, Eretmochelys imbricata, tortue olivatre, tortue luth, tortue caouanne, tortue verte, tortues marines"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Language" CONTENT="fr"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Reply-to" CONTENT="synetic@petitpierre.net"><LINK REV="made" href="mailto:coordination@ecofac.org"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <P><FONT FACE="geneva,arial"><A NAME=TOP></A><MAP NAME=map1>    <AREA SHAPE=rect COORDS="318,51,370,76" HREF="../TortuesRessources.htm">    <AREA SHAPE=rect COORDS="254,51,316,76" HREF="TortuePresentation.htm">    <AREA SHAPE=rect COORDS="156,51,253,77" HREF="../Index.htm">    <AREA SHAPE=rect COORDS="0,9,75,104" HREF="../../index.htm"> </MAP><IMG USEMAP="#map1" SRC="../Images/NavTortuesTortues.gif" WIDTH=800 HEIGHT=105 X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEWIDTH X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEHEIGHT ALIGN=bottom></FONT></P>  <P><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Geneva,Arial"><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH=600>    <TR>       <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=110 BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC">          <P><A HREF="TortuesPresentation.htm"><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial"><B>Sommaire</B></FONT></A><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="geneva,arial"><B><BR>          </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="geneva,arial" COLOR="#FFCC99">...<IMG SRC="../../_IMAGES/RondVertPetit.gif" WIDTH=5 HEIGHT=5 X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEWIDTH X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEHEIGHT ALIGN=bottom>          </FONT><A HREF="TortueOlivatre.htm"><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial">Tortue          oliv&acirc;tre</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="geneva,arial"><BR>          </FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="geneva,arial" COLOR="#FFCC99">...<IMG SRC="../../_IMAGES/RondVertPetit.gif" WIDTH=5 HEIGHT=5 X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEWIDTH X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEHEIGHT ALIGN=bottom>          </FONT><A HREF="TortueVerte.htm"><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial">Tortue          verte</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="geneva,arial"><BR>          </FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="geneva,arial" COLOR="#FFCC99">...<IMG SRC="../../_IMAGES/RondVertPetit.gif" WIDTH=5 HEIGHT=5 X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEWIDTH X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEHEIGHT ALIGN=bottom>          </FONT><A HREF="TortueImbriquee.htm"><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial">Tortue          imbriqu&eacute;e</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="geneva,arial"><BR>          </FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="geneva,arial" COLOR="#FFCC99">...<IMG SRC="../../_IMAGES/RondVertPetit.gif" WIDTH=5 HEIGHT=5 X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEWIDTH X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEHEIGHT ALIGN=bottom>          </FONT><A HREF="TortueLuth.htm"><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial">Tortue          luth</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="geneva,arial"><BR>          </FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="geneva,arial" COLOR="#FFCC99">...<IMG SRC="../../_IMAGES/RondVertPetit.gif" WIDTH=5 HEIGHT=5 X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEWIDTH X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEHEIGHT ALIGN=bottom>          </FONT><A HREF="TortueCaouanne.htm"><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial">Tortue          caouanne</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="geneva,arial"><BR>          </FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="geneva,arial" COLOR="#FFCC99">...</FONT></P>                    <P>&nbsp;</P>                    <P></P>       </TD>       <TD VALIGN=top>          <H3><FONT FACE="geneva,arial" COLOR="#003333"><I>Eretmochelys          imbricata</I>, la tortue imbriqu&eacute;e<BR>          (Linn&eacute; 1766)</FONT></H3>                    <P><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Geneva,Arial"><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=6 CELLPADDING=0>             <TR>                <TD VALIGN=top>                   <P><IMG SRC="TortuePresentationImg/TortueImbriquee.jpg" ALT="Tortue imbriqu&eacute;e (Eretmochelys imbricata)" X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEWIDTH X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEHEIGHT BORDER=1 ALIGN=bottom></P>                </TD>                <TD VALIGN=top>                   <P><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Geneva,Arial">La tortue                   imbriqu&eacute;e est une esp&egrave;ce tr&egrave;s                   menac&eacute;e en raison de la beaut&eacute; de son                   &eacute;caille : Les articles en &eacute;cailles de                   tortue sont principalement faits avec les                   &eacute;cailles de cette esp&egrave;ce.</FONT></P>                                      <P><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Geneva,Arial">On la                   reconna&icirc;t en outre &agrave; son bec                   crochu.</FONT></P>                                      <P><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Geneva,Arial">Cette tortue                   mesure moins de 90 cm de long et p&egrave;se                   environ 50 kg.</FONT></P>                                      <P><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Geneva,Arial">Elle nage                   pr&egrave;s des c&ocirc;tes pour se nourrir de                   crabes, poissons, &eacute;ponges, coquillages,                   etc<BR>                   </FONT></P>                </TD>             </TR>             <TR>                <TD>                   <P></P>                </TD>                <TD>                   <P></P>                </TD>             </TR>          </TABLE>           </FONT></P>                    <P ALIGN=right><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Geneva,Arial"><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH=300>             <TR>                <TD>                   <P><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial">Carapace                   osseuse, sans car&egrave;ne continue avec quatre                   paires de plaques lat&eacute;rales corn&eacute;es,                   souvent imbriqu&eacute;es.</FONT></P>                                      <P><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial">Poids                   jusqu'&agrave; 85 kg<BR>                   </FONT></P>                </TD>                <TD>                   <P><IMG SRC="TortuePresentationImg/CarapTortueImbriquee.jpg" ALT="Carapace d'Eretmochelys imbricata" X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEWIDTH X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEHEIGHT ALIGN=bottom></P>                </TD>             </TR>          </TABLE>           </FONT></P>                    <P></P>       </TD>    </TR>    <TR>       <TD WIDTH=110>          <P><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Geneva,Arial"><SPACER TYPE=block WIDTH=110 HEIGHT=1></FONT></P>       </TD>       <TD>          <P></P>       </TD>    </TR> </TABLE>  <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH=599>    <TR>       <TD VALIGN=top WIDTH=110>          <P></P>       </TD>       <TD VALIGN=top>          <CENTER>&nbsp;                    <P><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Geneva,Arial">                    <HR SIZE=1 WIDTH="25%">                    <BR>          </FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial">|          </FONT><A HREF="../Index.htm"><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial">Pr&eacute;sentation          du volet "tortues marines"</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial">          | </FONT><A HREF="TortuesPresentation.htm"><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial">Les          esp&egrave;ces de tortues          concern&eacute;es</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial">          | </FONT><A HREF="../TortuesRessources.htm"><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial">Ressources          en ligne</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial">          |<BR>          | </FONT><A HREF="../Participez.htm"><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial">Vous          pouvez participer !</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Geneva,Arial">          |<BR>          </FONT></P></CENTER>       </TD>    </TR>    <TR>       <TD WIDTH=110>          <P><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Geneva,Arial"><SPACER TYPE=block WIDTH=110 HEIGHT=1></FONT></P>       </TD>       <TD>          <P></P>       </TD>    </TR> </TABLE>  </FONT></P>  <P ALIGN=right><FONT FACE="geneva,arial">&nbsp;</FONT></P> </BODY> </HTML> 
