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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 cold waters of Alaska plus the European Arctic occasionally.
Even though some species have a wide circulation, an example of a limited distribution certainly is the Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) which only dwells on the continental shelf of Australia, including Papua Fresh Guinea and Indonesia. As well, the Kemp’s Ridley ocean turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) inhabits only part of the American country.
The main regions of the world with the presence of sea frogs, separated by species, are below.
Oriental sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) - the Atlantic Marine, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mediterranean Sea, African coasts, Northern Down under, Argentine, Pacific Ocean.
Loggerhead ocean turtle (Caretta caretta) -- coastal bays and revenues of all continents, except Antarctica.
Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) - the Gulf of Mexico, South of the United States and a few 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, Down under.
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, Ohio (USA), Tasmania and India are just some of the places where this lives.
The adults stay in shallow drinking water and near the coasts, yet 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, mating, and nesting areas.
Beaches are paramount for these reptiles since the females come to the shore to deposit all their eggs into the nests.
Estuaries, brackish areas where water through the ocean mixes with freshwater from the rivers, mangroves, and seagrass with tall vegetation are also part of their habitat. The high diversity of aquatic plants and wildlife complement the environment of the frogs that live there.
The coral reefs reefs, which add color and beauty to the seabed, also provide habitat for more than 530 marine organisms, including ocean turtles.
Coastal development, human being disturbance, ocean pollution and artificial lighting are more and more severe problems for chelonians, as their spaces keep minimizing every day.
Sea turtles migrate for two factors, searching for food or duplication. Trips are hundreds but sometimes thousands of miles longer, 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. That crosses the Pacific Ocean from Asia to the west coastline of the United States to get more food.
Putting surface 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 routes within the region of the Gulf of Mexico: one to the north, towards Mississippi area, and the other to the south of Mexico reaching the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Loan provider of Campeche.
In the case of hawksbill sea turtles, they have numerous migratory patterns. Some individuals show long migrations during breeding seasons, others travel short distances, and some tend not to migrate at all.
Flatback ocean turtles (Natator depressus) produce trips within the Australian coasts, covering up to 1, 300 km.
The Olive Ridley sea turtles travel over the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Indiana Ocean, while for the Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) there is not known how many miles they travel, tend to be thought to be thousands.
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