🐢Leatherback turtle
Die Lederschildkröte (Dermochelys coriacea) ist die größte lebende Schildkröte und wird meistens als einzige rezente Angehörige der gleichnamigen Familie (Dermochelyidae) angesehen. Sie zählt somit zoologisch nicht zur Familie der Meeresschildkröten (Cheloniidae), wird aber zusammen mit diesen in die Überfamilie Chelonioidea vereint, die im Deutschen manchmal ebenfalls als Meeresschildkröten bezeichnet wird. Ihr Lebensraum sind tropische und subtropische Meere. Es werden für diese Art bislang keine Unterarten unterschieden.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2013.
- Body mass
- 420 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 30 years
Everything we know about the Leatherback turtle
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass420 kgrecord 950 kg · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Maximum lifespan30 yearsrecord 30 years · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Gestation60 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Litter sizeabout 105AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietCarnivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCathemeralReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Foraging modeACTReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousNoReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Carapace length9,160 mtypical adult, carapace lengthSeaLifeBaseOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 2.56 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Snout–vent length2.7 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l420 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Leatherback turtle yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classTestudines
- ›familyDermochelyidae
- ›genusDermochelys
- ›speciesDermochelys coriacea
- orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
- superfamilyChelonioidea
- familyDermochelyidae
- genusDermochelys
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
- suborderCryptodira
- superfamilyChelonioidea
- familyDermochelyidae
- genusDermochelys
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