Loggerhead sea turtle
Caretta caretta
VulnerablePhoto: ukanda · CC BY 2.0
Reptilecarnivore
The loggerhead turtle is a reddish-brown sea turtle found in oceans worldwide. Adults grow to about 90 cm long and weigh as much as a refrigerator. Males have chunkier tails than females, but you can't tell them apart until they're fully grown.
- A full-grown loggerhead weighs around 135 kg, with some reaching 200 kg.
- Their shells are reddish-brown while their skin can be yellow or brown.
- Adult males have thicker tails and shorter undershells than females.
OceanWorldwide
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- Classification
- Reptile
- Scientific name
- Caretta caretta
- Habitat
- Ocean
- Regions in this directory
- Worldwide
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- large
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable (VU)