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Turtle Habitat
Sea turtles inhabit tropical and subtropical waters around the world, but in the case of the leatherback turtle, it reaches the wintry waters of Alaska and the European Arctic occasionally.
Although some species have a wide circulation, an example of a limited distribution is a Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) which only recides on the continental shelf of Australia, including Papua Fresh Guinea and Indonesia. Also, the Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) inhabits only part of the American continent.
The main regions of the world with all the presence of sea frogs, separated by species, are below.
Organic sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) - the Atlantic Marine, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mediterranean and beyond, African coasts, Northern Sydney, Argentine, Pacific Ocean.
Loggerhead ocean turtle (Caretta caretta) -- coastal bays and channels of all continents, except Antarctica.
Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) - the Gulf of Mexico, South of the United States and many specimens in Morocco plus the Mediterranean Sea.
Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) - Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica and India.
Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) - Indo-Pacific Regions, Africa, Brazil, Sydney.
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, Washington dc (USA), Tasmania and India are just some of the places where it lives.
The adults stay in shallow drinking water and near the coasts, yet sometimes they enter the open sea. They live peacefully with other living creatures from the marine fauna, and some stay close to the coral reefs or rocky areas.
The normal habitat of sea turtles includes feeding, migration, mating, and nesting areas.
Shorelines are paramount for these reptiles since the females come towards the shore to deposit their very own eggs into the nests.
Estuaries, brackish areas where water in the ocean mixes with fresh water from the rivers, mangroves, and seagrass with tall plants are also part of their environment. The high diversity of aquatic plants and creatures complement the environment of the frogs that live there.
The coral reefs, which add color and beauty to the seabed, also provide habitat for more than 530 marine organisms, including marine turtles.
Coastal development, individual disturbance, ocean pollution and artificial lighting are progressively more severe problems for chelonians, as their spaces keep reducing every day.
Sea turtles migrate for two causes, searching for food or processing. Trips are hundreds although sometimes thousands of miles much time, depending on the species and the achievement of their quest.
The Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the species with the longest migrations, traveling around 6, 000 km each year. That crosses the Pacific Ocean coming from Asia to the west seacoast of the United States to get more food.
Organic sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) travel approximately 2, 100km across the Pacific Ocean to reach the waters surrounding the Local Islands.
The Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) cover two main paths within the region of the Gulf of Mexico: one to the north, for the Mississippi area, and the different to the south of Mexico reaching the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Lender of Campeche.
In the case of hawksbill sea turtles, they have several migratory patterns. Some individuals show long migrations during breeding seasons, others travelling short distances, and some do not migrate at all.
Flatback marine turtles (Natator depressus) generate trips within the Australian coasts, covering up to 1, three hundred 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 many miles they travel, but are thought to be thousands.
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