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The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), sometimes called the lute turtle, leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, reaching lengths of up to 2.7 metres (8 ft 10 in) and weights of 500 kilograms (1,100 lb).
This includes 12,968 loggerhead, 1,729 green and 254 leatherback turtle nests. All three species are either threatened or vulnerable. This is a 40% drop from last year’s record 25,025 nests, ...
Monitors reported 574 leatherback nests in Palm Beach County last year, second only to Martin County, where 629 leatherback nests were counted, according to the FWC. There were 1,648 leatherback ...
Shell Beach, located on the Atlantic coast of Guyana in the Barima-Waini Region, near the Venezuelan border, is a nesting site for four of the eight sea turtle species - the Green, Hawksbill turtle, Leatherback and the Olive Ridley. [2] Shell Beach extends for approximately 120 km. [3]
Point Denis is a major breeding ground for the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). Between 1 800 and 2 000 nests are laid annually on its beaches. Recent studies by Dr Sharon Deem, formerly of the Wildlife Conservation Society, note that the worldwide turtle population is being threatened by man's activities. [1]
Loggerhead and leatherback turtles nest on the beaches here and paperfish, frogfish and anemones thrive along its coral-encrusted seabed. It’s even home to a fish species once thought to be ...
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Hawksbill turtle: Critically endangered. Regularly seen in coastal waters; nests on both coasts (though mainly on northern beaches), primarily from May to October. Leathery sea turtles (Dermochelyidae) Species Common name(s) Notes Image Dermochelys coriacea: Leatherback turtle: Critically endangered. Fairly rare.