The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), sometimes called the lute turtle, leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles...
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species of sea turtles are the flatback, green, hawksbill, leatherback, loggerhead, Kemp's ridley, and olive ridley. Six of the seven sea turtle species...
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leatherback sea turtle and olive ridley sea turtle do not show fidelity to any specific coastal foraging site. Instead, they forage in the open sea in...
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List of largest reptiles (redirect from Largest turtle)
of the largest marine reptiles ever. The largest extant turtle is the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), reaching a maximum total length of...
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Wildlife of Alaska (section Leatherback sea turtle)
The Alaskan waters are home to two species of turtles, the leatherback sea turtle and the green sea turtle. Alaska has two species of frogs, the Columbia...
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The loggerhead sea turtle belongs to the family Cheloniidae, which includes all extant sea turtles except the leatherback sea turtle. The subspecific...
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green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the...
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Archelon (category Prehistoric turtle genera)
Dakota, who placed it into the extinct family Protostegidae. The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) was once thought to be its closest living...
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Dermochelyidae (category Turtle families)
is a family of sea turtles which has seven extinct genera and one extant genus, containing one living species, the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)...
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Wildlife conservation (section Leatherback sea turtle)
conservation due consideration. The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the largest turtle in the world, is the only turtle without a hard shell, and...
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Journey for the Leatherback? was released, which depicts the plight of the Pacific leatherback sea turtle. STRP's American Pacific sea turtle campaign began...
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visual horizon. Sea turtles do not appear to use polarized light for orientation as many other animals do. The deep-diving leatherback turtle lacks specific...
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Point Denis (section Leatherback turtles)
Pongara National Park. Point Denis is a major breeding ground for the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). Between 1 800 and 2 000 nests are laid annually...
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The Leatherback Trust is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation and study of sea turtles and freshwater turtles, with special regard for...
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Lion's mane jellyfish (redirect from Sea blubber)
adults and juveniles have been documented eaten by anemones. The leatherback sea turtle feeds almost exclusively on them in large quantities during the...
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the main differences. However, the soft shell turtles, pig-nose turtles and the leatherback sea turtle have lost the scutes and reduced the ossification...
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Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013. Leatherback Sea Turtle. euroturtle.org Archived 3 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine "Client...
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Gulf of California (redirect from Sea of Cortez)
California gray whale, killer whale, manta ray, Humboldt squid and leatherback sea turtle, and the world's largest animal, the blue whale. The unusual resident...
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ocean is a home to sea turtles as hawksbill sea turtle, olive ridley sea turtle, leatherback sea turtle and the green sea turtle. Five species of dolphins...
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Chelonitoxism (category Turtle terminology)
hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta gigas), leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys...
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tags". Irish Sea Leatherback Turtle Project. Archived from the original on 28 November 2008. "The INTERREG Irish Sea Leatherback Sea Turtle Project". Ecogel...
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International Airport/ Tampa, Florida A streamlined sculpture of an adult leatherback sea turtle floats beneath a cloud of small hatchlings that articulate the same...
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green sea turtle and the leatherback turtle have a more symmetrical gait. Due to its consumption of venomous cnidarians, hawksbill sea turtle flesh can...
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changed by global warming into the Tasman Sea. The day after he hatches, Sammy befriends a Leatherback Sea Turtle named Ray, who also hatched the day before...
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Hastings as Ricky, a baby Leatherback sea turtle who is Rita and Ray's grandson. Alan Shearman as Sammy, an elderly Green sea turtle who is Shelly's husband...
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List of marine reptiles (section Sea turtles)
anomalus (Anomalous sea snake) Dermochelyidae Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle) Cheloniidae Caretta caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle) Lepidochelys...
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saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), giant leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), Malayan box turtle, Nicobar tree shrew, reticulated python (Python...
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2024 in reptile paleontology (section Turtle research)
this finding as indicating that Eocene dermochelyids, like extant leatherback sea turtle, were able to live in waters with a wide temperature gradient. Ascarrunz...
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Order: Testudines - turtles and tortoises Family: Cheloniidae - typical sea turtles Family: Dermochelyidae - leatherback sea turtles Order: Anura - frogs...
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threatened and endangered species, with particular emphasis on the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). Its two miles (3 km) of sandy beaches on...
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