Turtle Habitat
Ocean 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 syndication, an example of a limited distribution is the Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) which only recides on the continental shelf of Australia, including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Likewise, the Kemp’s Ridley ocean turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) inhabits only part of the American country.
The main regions of the world with the presence of sea frogs, separated by species, will be below.
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) - the Atlantic Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mediterranean Sea, African coasts, Northern Quarterly report, Argentine, Pacific Ocean.
Loggerhead sea 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 as well as 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, Down under.
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 the distribution around the world. The Gulf of Alaska, Argentina, South Africa, A bunch of states (USA), Tasmania and India are just some of the places where that lives.
The adults stay in shallow normal water and near the coasts, yet sometimes they enter the wide open sea. They live peacefully with other living creatures of the marine fauna, and some stay close to the coral reefs or rocky areas.
The all natural habitat of sea turtles includes feeding, migration, mating, and nesting areas.
Shorelines are paramount for these reptiles since the females come for the shore to deposit their particular eggs into the nests.
Estuaries, brackish areas where water from the ocean mixes with fresh water from the rivers, mangroves, and seagrass with tall crops are also part of their home. 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 ocean turtles.
Coastal development, real human disturbance, ocean pollution and artificial lighting are progressively more severe problems for chelonians, as their spaces keep lowering every day.
Marine turtles migrate for two causes, searching for food or imitation. Trips are hundreds but sometimes thousands of miles long, 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 6th, 000 km each year. This crosses the Pacific Ocean out of Asia to the west seacoast of the United States to get more food.
Putting surface 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 routes within the region of the Gulf: one to the north, towards the Mississippi area, and the different to the south of Mexico achieving the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Bank of Campeche.
In the case of hawksbill sea turtles, they have different migratory patterns. Some specimens show long migrations during breeding seasons, others travel and leisure short distances, and some usually do not migrate at all.
Flatback ocean turtles (Natator depressus) generate trips within the Australian coasts, covering up to 1, 300 km.
The Olive Ridley sea turtles travel over the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, while for the Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) there is not known how a large number of miles they travel, but are thought to be thousands.
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