Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Dermochelyidae
- Genus
- Dermochelys
Where to Find
Found in 65 diving areas across 38 countries and 10 regions.
- South Australia, Australia - 4 records
- Victoria, Australia - 21 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 5 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 3 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 4 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 4 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 7 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 4 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 9 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 3 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 4 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 14 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 2 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 6 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 17 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 8 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 1 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 1 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 5 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 128 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 121 records
- São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 4 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 66 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 916 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 639 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 131 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 2 records
- Azores, Portugal - 116 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 11 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 49 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 3 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 41 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 6 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 24 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 1 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 2 records
- Hawaii, United States - 5 records
- Mar del Plata, Argentina - 1 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 21 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 5 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 4 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 5 records
- Palawan, Philippines - 6 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records
- Hoi An & Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam - 2 records