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The subspecific classification of the loggerhead sea turtle is debated, but most authors consider it a single polymorphic species. [12] Molecular genetics has confirmed hybridization of the loggerhead sea turtle with the Kemp's ridley sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, and green sea turtles. The extent of natural hybridization is not yet ...
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 ...
The growth rate of C. testudinaria follows a non-linear growth pattern where rate of increase in length slows with age. [3] Applying a von Bertalanffy growth model to the population suggests that the maximum achievable size of C. testudinaria on loggerhead turtles in the wild is approximately 70 mm (2.8 in) in rostro-carinal length. [3]
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The Adelita tracking project provided the first proof of the trans-Pacific migration of loggerhead sea turtles. [6] [7] Adelita was also the first animal to swim across an ocean while being tracked by a satellite. [8] [9] The 9,000 mile journey of Adelita from Mexico to Japan was featured in the PBS Nature documentary Voyage of the Lonely ...
A rehabilitated sea turtle was released back into the Atlantic Ocean from a Florida beach Wednesday morning. Willow, a subadult loggerhead, was set free in the area behind the Loggerhead ...
Genus Caretta - loggerhead sea turtle; Genus Chelonia - green sea turtle; Genus Eretmochelys - hawksbill sea turtle; Genus Lepidochelys - ridley sea turtle; Genus Natator - flatback sea turtle; Family Dermochelyidae [6] Genus Dermochelys - leatherback sea turtle; Superfamily Kinosternoidea. Family Dermatemydidae [6] Genus Dermatemys - Central ...
It was no routine stroll down a town beach Monday for a fully grown loggerhead sea turtle.. The 300-pound female wedged itself between a semi-exposed cluster of rocks near the Palm Beach Country ...