Facial photos of sea turtles (Arvoredo Island, Brazil, 2005-2008)

This fileset contains 297 photos (.jpg) of sea turtle facial profiles (left and right side). It is particularly useful for those developing softwares for sea turtle photo-id. It was used for the first time in<em> Reisser J, Proietti M, Kinas P, Sazima I (2008) Photographic identification of sea turtles: method description and validation, with an estimation of tag loss. Endang Species Res 5:73-82 doi: 10.3354/esr00113</em> Photos are named as "capture number _ facial side photographed" (e.g. 132_r corresponds to the photo of the right facial profile of an individual captured in the capture event number 132). Some individuals were captured more than once so they have more than 1 capture event associated with them. It means that <strong>recaptured individuals were photographed more than once</strong>. This is particularly useful for sea turtle photo-ID software validation. This fileset has the following matches of sea turtle facial profiles (photos of the same side of the same individual): 1. 1_r &amp; 80_r 2. 3_l &amp; 15_l 3. 4_l &amp; 78_l 4. 8_r &amp; 35_r 5. 17_r &amp; 118_r 6. 17_l &amp; 118_l 7. 22_r &amp; 77_r 8. 22_l &amp; 77_l 9. 25_l &amp; 122_l 10. 25_r &amp; 122_r 11. 31_l &amp; 60_l &amp; 94_l 12. 31_r &amp; 60_r &amp; 94_r 13. 37_l &amp; 59_l &amp; 112_l &amp; 126_l 14. 37_r &amp; 59_r &amp; 112_r &amp; 126_r 15. 39_l &amp; 44_l 16. 39_r &amp; 44_r 17. 48_l &amp; 119_l 18. 48_r &amp; 119_r 19. 81_l &amp; 125_l 20. 81_r &amp; 125_r 21. 82_l &amp; 99_l 22. 111_l &amp; 124_l 23. 111_r &amp; 124_r 24. 115_l &amp; 127_l 25. 115_r &amp; 127_r 26. 62_l &amp; 97_l 27. 62_r &amp; 97_r If you have any comments or questions please contact us at [e-mail]