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Turtle Habitat
Marine turtles inhabit tropical and subtropical waters around the world, in the case of the leatherback turtle, it reaches the cool waters of Alaska plus the European Arctic occasionally.
Although some species have a wide syndication, an example of a limited distribution is definitely the Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) which only recides on the continental shelf of Australia, including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Likewise, the Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) inhabits only part of the American continent.
The main regions of the world with the presence of sea turtles, separated by species, will be below.
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) - the Atlantic Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mediterranean Sea, African coasts, Northern Quarterly report, Argentine, Pacific Ocean.
Loggerhead marine turtle (Caretta caretta) -- coastal bays and channels of all continents, except Antarctica.
Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) - the Gulf of Mexico, South of the United States and several specimens in Morocco as well as the Mediterranean Sea.
Olive Ridley ocean turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) - Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica and India.
Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) - Indo-Pacific Regions, Africa, Brazil, Quotes.
Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) - Australian shorelines as well as southern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) - It has an extensive the distribution around the world. The Gulf of Alaska, Argentina, South Africa, Washington dc (USA), Tasmania and India are just some of the places where this lives.
The adults stay in shallow water and near the coasts, although sometimes they enter the wide open sea. They live quietly with other living creatures with the marine fauna, and some stay close to the coral reefs or rocky areas.
The all natural habitat of sea frogs includes feeding, migration, breeding, and nesting areas.
Seashores are paramount for these reptiles since the females come towards the shore to deposit their very own eggs into the nests.
Estuaries, brackish areas where water from ocean mixes with freshwater from the rivers, mangroves, and seagrass with tall vegetation are also part of their an environment. The high diversity of aquatic plants and animals complement the environment of the turtles that live there.
The coral formations reefs, which add color and beauty to the seabed, also provide habitat for more than 530 marine organisms, including ocean turtles.
Coastal development, individual disturbance, ocean pollution and artificial lighting are progressively more severe problems for chelonians, as their spaces keep lowering every day.
Sea turtles migrate for two reasons, searching for food or imitation. Trips are hundreds nevertheless sometimes thousands of miles long, depending on the species and the achievement of their quest.
The Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the species with the lengthiest migrations, traveling around six, 000 km each year. That crosses the Pacific Ocean from Asia to the west coast of the United States to get more food.
Oriental sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) travel approximately 2, 100 km across the Pacific Ocean to reach the waters surrounding the Local Islands.
The Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) cover two main routes within the region of the Gulf of Mexico: one to the north, on the Mississippi area, and the other to the south of Mexico reaching the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Bank of Campeche.
In the case of hawksbill sea turtles, they have different migratory patterns. Some specimens show long migrations during breeding seasons, others travel around short distances, and some do not migrate at all.
Flatback sea turtles (Natator depressus) make trips within the Australian shorelines, covering up to 1, three hundred km.
The Olive Ridley sea turtles travel along the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, while for the Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) there is not known how a large number of miles they travel, but are thought to be thousands.
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