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SpeciesCheloniidae
Reptiles

🐢Hawksbill sea turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)

タイマイ（玳瑁、瑇瑁、Eretmochelys imbricata）は、爬虫綱カメ目ウミガメ科タイマイ属に分類されるカメ。本種のみでタイマイ属を構成する（単型）。

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Also called
Hawksbill Turtle, hawksbill turtle, Hawksbill turtle
Conservation status
CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2008.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
67 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
45 years
All measurements ↓
Facts and figures

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 mass
67 kgrecord 140 kg · ReptTraits
AnAge
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data quality: low

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Maximum lifespan
45 yearsmaximum recorded
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Gestation
60 days
AnAge
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data quality: low

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Diet
Carnivorous
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Cathemeral
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Foraging mode
ACT
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Venomous
No
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Carapace length
0.8 mtypical adult, carapace length
SeaLifeBase
Other figures ↓

Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Figures vary

  • 0.9 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Snout–vent length
1 mmaximum recorded
ReptTraits
Details ↓

Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
67 Laverage
Details ↓

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.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classTestudines
  4. ›familyCheloniidae
  5. ›genusEretmochelys
  6. ›speciesEretmochelys imbricata
Full lineage
  1. orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
  2. superfamilyChelonioidea
  3. familyCheloniidae
  4. genusEretmochelys
All 13 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
  10. suborderCryptodira
  11. superfamilyChelonioidea
  12. familyCheloniidae
  13. genusEretmochelys
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tortue imbriquée (fr), 玳瑁 (zh), لجأة صقرية المنقار (ar), tortuga carey (es), タイマイ (ja), karetschildpad (nl) … and 25 more languages
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3959 aquaimagesTortuga carey (Eretmochelys imbricata), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022 03 28, DD 5620050619052TucacasElJardinTortugaCareyEretmochelysImbriocota
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