🐢Leatherback turtle
A tartaruga-de-couro (nome científico: Dermochelys coriacea), tartaruga-gigante, tartaruga-de-cerro, tartaruga-de-quilha, tartaruga-de-leste, tartaruga-preta, tartaruga-sete-quilhas, careba-mole ou careba-gigante, é a maior das espécies de tartarugas e é muito diferente das outras tanto em aparência quanto em fisiologia. É a única espécie extante do gênero Dermochelys e da família dos dermoquelídeos (Dermochelyidae). Suas principais características são: crânio muito forte; presença de palato secundário; cabeça parcialmente ou não retrátil; extremidades em forma de nadadeiras não retráteis cobertas por numerosas placas pequenas (com dedos alongados e firmemente presos por tecido conjuntivo); as garras são reduzidas, etc. No mar, tais animais chegam a atingir até 35 quilômetros por hora.
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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
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Maximum lifespan30 yearsrecord 30 years · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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Gestation60 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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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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