by Seaturtle-World | Mar 27, 2014 | Species
Flatback Sea Turtle – Natator depressus Description The flatback sea turtle has this unusual name for its particular oval shell that lacks ridges and protuberances, making it look flat, smooth and slightly curved down. It is also called Australian flatback...
by Seaturtle-World | Jan 4, 2014 | Species
Sea Turtle Species Sea turtles have evolved through several different geological ages of the Earth. Thanks to the experts we know that larger species than those existing today, once inhabited the planet when the continents were not as now, nor the humans were part of...
by Seaturtle-World | Jan 4, 2014 | Species
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta caretta Description This species is the second largest sea turtle just after the leatherback and the largest hard-shelled. The shell has a diversity in color blends that go from orange to reddish-brown and yellow and differs from all...
by Seaturtle-World | Jan 4, 2014 | Species
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle – Lepidochelys olivacea Description The Olive Ridley sea turtle, also known as Pacific Ridley sea turtle is one of the smallest sea turtle species in the world, very similar in size to the Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys...
by Seaturtle-World | Jan 4, 2014 | Species
Green Sea Turtle – Chelonia mydas Description It is odd to start talking about the Green sea turtle, saying that it is not green. It was named “Green” because of the color of the fat located beneath its shell, not precisely because it looks green on...
by Seaturtle-World | Jan 4, 2014 | Species
Hawksbill Sea Turtle – Eretmochelys imbricata Description Although at first glance the hawksbill sea turtle can be confused with other species of sea turtles, it has specific parts of its anatomy that distinguishes them from all the others. One is its shell with...
