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Turtle Habitat
Marine turtles inhabit tropical and subtropical waters around the world, but also in the case of the leatherback turtle, it reaches the wintry waters of Alaska plus the European Arctic occasionally.
However some species have a wide the distribution, an example of a limited distribution is definitely the Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) which only recides on the continental shelf of Australia, including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. As well, the Kemp’s Ridley marine turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) inhabits only part of the American country.
The main regions of the world along with the presence of sea turtles, separated by species, will be below.
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) - the Atlantic Underwater, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mediterranean and beyond, African coasts, Northern Australia, Argentine, Pacific Ocean.
Loggerhead marine 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 some specimens in Morocco and 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, Australia.
Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) - Australian coasts as well as southern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) - It has an extensive distribution around the world. The Gulf of Alaska, Argentina, South Africa, California (USA), Tasmania and India are just some of the places where this lives.
The adults stay in shallow drinking water and near the coasts, although sometimes they enter the available sea. They live peacefully with other living creatures of the marine fauna, and some stay close to the coral reefs or rocky areas.
The organic habitat of sea turtles includes feeding, migration, propagation, and nesting areas.
Seashores are paramount for these reptiles since the females come towards the shore to deposit the eggs into the nests.
Estuaries, brackish areas where water from the ocean mixes with fresh water from the rivers, mangroves, and seagrass with tall plants are also part of their home. The high diversity of aquatic plants and wild animals 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 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.
Marine turtles migrate for two reasons, searching for food or duplication. Trips are hundreds yet 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 longest migrations, traveling around six, 000 km each year. This crosses the Pacific Ocean from Asia to the west coast of the United States to get more food.
Oriental 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 ways within the region of the Gulf: one to the north, for the Mississippi area, and the additional to the south of Mexico reaching the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Standard bank of Campeche.
In the case of hawksbill sea turtles, they have different migratory patterns. Some specimens show long migrations during breeding seasons, others travelling short distances, and some tend not to migrate at all.
Flatback ocean turtles (Natator depressus) make trips within the Australian shorelines, covering up to 1, 300 km.
The Olive Ridley sea turtles travel along the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, while for the Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) there is not known how various miles they travel, tend to be thought to be thousands.
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