Turtle Habitat
Sea turtles inhabit tropical and subtropical waters around the world, however in the case of the leatherback turtle, it reaches the wintry waters of Alaska plus the European Arctic occasionally.
Even though 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 Fresh Guinea and Indonesia. Likewise, the Kemp’s Ridley ocean turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) inhabits only part of the American continent.
The main regions of the world with all the presence of sea turtles, separated by species, will be below.
Oriental sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) - the Atlantic Water, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mediterranean and beyond, African coasts, Northern Down under, Argentine, Pacific Ocean.
Loggerhead ocean turtle (Caretta caretta) -- coastal bays and avenues of all continents, except Antarctica.
Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) - the Gulf of Mexico, South of the United States and several specimens in Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea.
Olive Ridley marine 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 division around the world. The Gulf of Alaska, Argentina, South Africa, Ohio (USA), Tasmania and India are just some of the places where it lives.
The adults stay in shallow water and near the coasts, nonetheless sometimes they enter the wide open sea. They live quietly with other living creatures of the marine fauna, and some stay close to the coral reefs or perhaps rocky areas.
The natural habitat of sea frogs includes feeding, migration, breeding, and nesting areas.
Seashores are paramount for these lizards 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 crops are also part of their habitat. The high diversity of aquatic plants and animals complement the environment of the frogs that live there.
The coral formations reefs, which add color and beauty to the seabed, also provide habitat for more than 530 marine organisms, including sea turtles.
Coastal development, individual disturbance, ocean pollution and artificial lighting are more and more severe problems for chelonians, as their spaces keep minimizing every day.
Ocean turtles migrate for two factors, searching for food or imitation. Trips are hundreds although sometimes thousands of miles long, depending on the species and the achievement of their quest.
The Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the species with the lengthiest migrations, traveling around 6, 000 km each year. That crosses the Pacific Ocean out of Asia to the west coastline 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 tracks within the region of the Gulf: one to the north, towards 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 several migratory patterns. Some specimens show long migrations during breeding seasons, others travel short distances, and some will not migrate at all.
Flatback sea turtles (Natator depressus) produce trips within the Australian coasts, covering up to 1, 300 km.
The Olive Ridley sea turtles travel over 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, tend to be thought to be thousands.
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