Leatherback sea turtle
| Leatherback sea turtle Temporal range: Holocene
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| Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, United States Virgin Islands | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Dermochelyidae |
| Subfamily: | Dermochelyinae |
| Genus: | Blainville, 1816[3] |
| Species: | D. coriacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)[3]
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The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), sometimes called the lute turtle, leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, reaching lengths of up to 2.7 metres (8 ft 10 in) and weights of 500 kilograms (1,100 lb).[5][6][7] It is the only living species in the genus Dermochelys and family Dermochelyidae. It can easily be differentiated from other modern sea turtles by its lack of a bony shell; instead, its carapace is covered by oily flesh and flexible, leather-like skin, for which it is named.[8] Leatherback turtles have a global range, although there are multiple distinct subpopulations. The species as a whole is considered vulnerable, and some of its subpopulations are critically endangered.
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- ^ Chen, Irene H.; Yang, Wen; Meyers, Marc A. (2015). "Leatherback Sea Turtle Shell: a Tough and Flexible Biological Design". Acta Biomaterialia. 28: 2–12. doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2015.09.023. PMID 26391496.
- ^ "WWF - Leatherback turtle". Marine Turtles. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). 16 February 2007. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
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