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The flatback sea turtle was originally described as Chelonia depressa in 1880 by American herpetologist Samuel Garman.The genus Natator (meaning "swimmer") was created in 1908 by Australian ichthyologist Allan Riverstone McCulloch, and in the same scientific paper he described what he thought to be a new species, Natator tessellatus, thereby creating a junior synonym.
The turtles have been monitored since the February 2013 hatching season, and Queensland's Department of Environment and Science collects the data as part of a longterm turtle-monitoring project. Around 70 turtle nests were observed in the 2022 hatching season. [2] A project to restore the habitat of flatback turtles was launched on 7 January 2014.
In contrast to their earth-bound relatives, tortoises, sea turtles do not have the ability to retract their heads into their shells. Their plastron, which is the bony plate making up the underside of a turtle or tortoise's shell, is comparably more reduced from other turtle species and is connected to the top part of the shell by ligaments without a hinge separating the pectoral and abdominal ...
A domestic turtle's diet can range from drained sardines and cooked chicken to moths and worms. For vegetables and fruits, pet turtles can have dandelions, mustard greens, cantaloupe and bananas ...
Chelodina steindachneri, commonly known as the dinner-plate turtle, Steindachner's turtle and or Steindachner's flat-shell turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is the least known of the Australian turtles and also one of the smallest members of the long-necked turtles of the genus Chelodina .
Feeding turtles and tortoises right means mimicking their natural diet; the wrong foods, even common ones, can be harmful. Here are 32 foods to avoid.
Caretta caretta [1] (loggerhead sea turtle) Chelonia mydas [1] (green sea turtle) Eretmochelys imbricata [1] (hawksbill sea turtle) Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley sea turtle, Pacific ridley sea turtle) Natator depressus [1] (flatback sea turtle) Dermochelyidae. Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback turtle, leathery turtle, lute turtle)
The seven existing species of sea turtles are the flatback, green, hawksbill, leatherback, loggerhead, Kemp's ridley, and olive ridley. [4] [5] Six of the seven sea turtle species, all but the flatback, are present in U.S. waters, and are listed as endangered and/or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. [6]