Species profile—Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback turtle)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Dermochelyidae (leathery turtles) → Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback turtle)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Dermochelyidae (leathery turtles)
- Scientific name
- Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
- Common name
- leatherback turtle
- Type reference
- Vandelli, D. (1761). Epistola de Holothuria et Testudine coriacea ad Celeberrinum Carolum Linnaeum. Padua : Conzetti 12 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 31
- Alternate name(s)
- luth turtle
luth
trunkback turtle
leathery turtle - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Critical
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=31
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
