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  • Loggerhead Sea Turtle, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Roberto Pillon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Radu Teodoreanu, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Roberto Pillon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Roberto Pillon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Luis P. B., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Caretta caretta

IUCN Red List status: Vulnerable

IUCN Red List status

Worldwide
10,432 observations
Group
Reptiles

iNaturalist hides the exact location of threatened species, so a sighting can sit several kilometres from the point shown on its record.

iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), or loggerhead, is an oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The average loggerhead measures around 90 cm (35 in) long when fully grown, although larger specimens of up to 280 cm (110 in) have been discovered. The adult loggerhead sea turtle weighs approximately 135 kg (298 lb), with the largest specimens weighing in at more than 450 kg (1,000 lb). The skin ranges from yellow to brown in...

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Recent sightings near Cairns

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