Turtle ID Code: HK176
When Enzo was first sighted on Kuredu’s house reef, back in 2014, she was already a fully grown adult female hawksbill turtle with a shell length of 60cm. It wasn’t until March 2017 that we started seeing her regularly on the reef, but she has been resident here ever since then. She is easy to tell apart from other turtles because of a chunk missing from her shell on the back left side. We don’t know what happened to her as she already had it in 2014, but her life seems to be trouble free on the house reef. She shows no fear of snorkelers, letting us easily take her picture! We have also met Enzo in Kuredu lagoon munching on seagrass with the green sea turtles!
Species
Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Country
Maldives
Location
Kuredu House Reef, Lhaviyani Atoll
Sex
Female
Age
Adult
Size
60 cm
First Identified
23 November 2014
Times Sighted
32
Last Sighted
17 December 2021
Enzo has kindly been adopted for Sophia by Shelly Fawcitt and by Ildiko for Szabina.