🐢Hawksbill sea turtle
The hawksbill sea turtle 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 global distribution that is largely limited to tropical and subtropical marine and estuary ecosystems.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2008.
- Body mass
- 67 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 45 years
Everything we know about the Hawksbill sea turtle
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass67 kgrecord 140 kg · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Record: largest individual on record
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Maximum lifespan45 yearsmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation60 daysAnAgeDetails ↓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 length0.8 mtypical adult, carapace lengthSeaLifeBaseOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.9 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Snout–vent length1 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l67 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 Hawksbill sea turtle yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classTestudines
- ›familyCheloniidae
- ›genusEretmochelys
- ›speciesEretmochelys imbricata
- orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
- superfamilyChelonioidea
- familyCheloniidae
- genusEretmochelys
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
- suborderCryptodira
- superfamilyChelonioidea
- familyCheloniidae
- genusEretmochelys
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