Table 1. Comparison of morphological traits among hawksbill, green and hybrid turtles including the individual found at El Ñuro.

	Hawksbill	Hybrids			Green
Characteristics		Suriname1	Mexico2	Peru3
Imbricated scutes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Elongated snout	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Second claw	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Marginal scute serration	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Pre-frontal scales	Four	Variable	Two	Two	Two
Post-orbital scales	Three	Not reported	Three	Four	Four
Mandibular middle ridge	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Notes:

¹Wood, Wood & Critchley (1983).

²Seminoff et al. (2003).

³This study.