Subfamily

Carettinae (Hawksbill, loggerhead, and ridley sea turtles)

Lepidochelys olivacea. Photo: (c) Jaime, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cheloniidae is a family of typically large marine turtles that are characterised by their common traits such as, having a flat streamlined wide and rounded shell and almost paddle-like flippers for their forelimbs. The six species that make up this family are: the green sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, olive ridley sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, flatback sea turtle and the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle.

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Subtaxa

Genus: Lepidochelys (Ridley sea turtles)

Where in Humboldt

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