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

    (c) malu_md, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 2 of 6

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

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    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Jean-Marie GRADOT, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 6 of 6

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

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Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

IUCN Red List status: Critically endangered

IUCN Red List status

Worldwide
10,508 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 hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in the genus Eretmochelys. The species has a worldwide distribution, with Atlantic and Indo-Pacific subspecies—E. i. imbricata and E. i. bissa, respectively.

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