Dermochelys coriacea loggerhead turtle

Dermochelys coriacea is commonly referred to as loggerhead turtle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3510 

AphiaID:

137209 

Scientific:

Dermochelys coriacea 

German:

Lederschildkröte 

English:

Loggerhead Turtle 

Category:

Reptiles 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Reptilia (Class) > Testudines (Order) > Dermochelyidae (Family) > Dermochelys (Genus) > coriacea (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Vandelli, ), 1761 

Occurrence:

Benin, Straße von Gibraltar, Djibouti, Suriname, Guadeloupe, El Salvador, Tunesien, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Kuwait, Sudan, Ghana, Barbados, Eritrea, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Anguilla, Argentina, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Austral Islands, Australia, Azores, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Columbia, British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Circumtropic, Columbia, Comores, Congo, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Corea, Costa Rica, Cuba, Danmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East cost of USA, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, European Coasts, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Alaska (Pacific), Gulf of Oman / Oman, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Labrador Península, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Lybia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico (East Pacific), Micronesia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Nova Scotia, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Quatar, Queensland (Australia), Réunion , Saint Kitts and Nevis, São Tomé e Principé, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Tansania, Tasmania (Australia), Thailand, The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Cayman Islands, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), The Gulf of Guinea, the Kermadec Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, the Netherlands Antilles, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 

Sea depth:

0 - 1344 Meter 

Size:

up to 98.43" (250 cm) 

Weight:

650 kg 

Temperature:

37.58 °F - 84.02 °F (3.1°C - 28.9°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Jellyfish, Schrimps 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix I (trade generally prohibited)) 

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Dermochelys coriacea
  Lederschildkröte

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-01-08 23:03:02 

Last edit:

2023-02-22 13:37:48 

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