Description
A large-sized grey sea turtle with a flat shell. Usually grey or green above, with a white underside. Forearms are modified into large flippers. Maximum length 100 cm.
Endemic (lives nowhere else) to the northern and eastern Australian Coast. This species can be quite common in pristine coastal areas. Adults breed throughout their range and nest on sandy beaches. Up to 50 eggs are laid in a season.
Author credit: Dane Trembath / Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Habitat
Coastal Marine.
Food
Omnivore
Range
Northern Australia.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Testudines | | Family: | Cheloniidae | | Genus: | Natator | | Species: | depressus | | Common Name: | Flatback Turtle |
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