Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata is commonly referred to as Hawksbill turtle. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5300 

AphiaID:

137207 

Scientific:

Eretmochelys imbricata 

German:

Echte Karettschildkröte 

English:

Hawksbill Turtle 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Reptilia (Class) > Testudines (Order) > Cheloniidae (Family) > Eretmochelys (Genus) > imbricata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1766 

Occurrence:

Suriname, West Sahara, El Salvador, Sudan, Gambia, Kuwait, Barbados, Djibouti, Straße von Gibraltar, (the) Maldives, Algeria, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Australia, Azores, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Columbia, Comores, Congo, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, European Coasts, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Guam, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico (East Pacific), Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, São Tomé e Principé, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bahamas, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Mediterranean Sea, the Netherlands Antilles, the Seychelles, Timor, Tokelau, Uruguay, USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wake Atoll, West-Atlantic Ocean, Yemen 

Sea depth:

0 - 300 Meter 

Size:

20.87" - 35.83" (53cm - 91,4cm) 

Weight:

120 kg 

Temperature:

20,7 °F - 84.2 °F (20,7°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Clams, Cnidaria, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Jellyfish, Sea squirts, Sepia, Snails, Sponges, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix I (trade generally prohibited)) 

Red List:

Critically endangered (CR) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Eretmochelys imbricata
  Echte Karettschildkröte

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-04-21 14:42:31 

Last edit:

2023-12-08 15:14:28 

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