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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Reptiles
  5. Turtles and Tortoises
  6. Sea Turtles
  7. Typical Sea Turtles

family

Typical Sea Turtles

Cheloniidae

Includes
5 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Hawksbill, Loggerhead, and Ridley Sea Turtles 4 native
  • Green and Flatback Sea Turtles 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native typical sea turtles All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas 47,903 observations
  • Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta caretta 10,074 observations
  • Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata 10,009 observations
  • Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea 6,354 observations
  • Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Lepidochelys kempii 1,021 observations

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