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Turtle Habitat
Sea turtles inhabit tropical and subtropical waters around the world, however in the case of the leatherback turtle, it reaches the frosty waters of Alaska plus the European Arctic occasionally.
However some species have a wide circulation, an example of a limited distribution may be the Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) which only dwells on the continental shelf of Australia, including Papua Fresh Guinea and Indonesia. Also, the Kemp’s Ridley marine turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) inhabits only part of the American continent.
The main regions of the world with the presence of sea frogs, separated by species, are below.
Organic sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) - the Atlantic Underwater, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mediterranean Sea, African coasts, Northern Quotes, Argentine, Pacific Ocean.
Loggerhead marine turtle (Caretta caretta) -- coastal bays and avenues of all continents, except Antarctica.
Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) - the Gulf of Mexico, South of the United States plus some specimens in Morocco plus 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 distribution around the world. The Gulf of Alaska, Argentina, South Africa, Washington dc (USA), Tasmania and India are just some of the places where that lives.
The adults stay in shallow normal water and near the coasts, but sometimes they enter the open sea. They live quietly with other living creatures on the marine fauna, and some stay close to the coral reefs or perhaps rocky areas.
The natural habitat of sea frogs includes feeding, migration, reproduction, and nesting areas.
Beach locations are paramount for these reptiles since the females come for the shore to deposit their particular eggs into the nests.
Estuaries, brackish areas where water in the ocean mixes with fresh water from the rivers, mangroves, and seagrass with tall crops are also part of their 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, human disturbance, ocean pollution and artificial lighting are significantly severe problems for chelonians, as their spaces keep minimizing every day.
Marine turtles migrate for two reasons, searching for food or processing. Trips are hundreds although sometimes thousands of miles long, depending on the species and the success of their quest.
The Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the species with the best migrations, traveling around 6th, 000 km each year. This crosses the Pacific Ocean from Asia to the west coastline of the United States to get more food.
Golf course sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) travel approximately 2, 100 km across the Pacific Ocean to reach the waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands.
The Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) cover two main ways within the region of the Gulf: one to the north, to the Mississippi area, and the additional to the south of Mexico achieving the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Loan company of Campeche.
In the case of hawksbill sea turtles, they have different migratory patterns. Some individuals show long migrations during breeding seasons, others travel short distances, and some will not migrate at all.
Flatback marine turtles (Natator depressus) produce trips within the Australian shorelines, covering up to 1, 300 km.
The Olive Ridley sea turtles travel along the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Native american Ocean, while for the Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) there is not known how various miles they travel, but are thought to be thousands.
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