Family
Cheloniidae (Typical sea turtles)
Lepidochelys olivacea. Photo: (c) Anthony Deczynski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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 that has have 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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