Vulnerable Reptiles
Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
- Moved from Critically Endangered to Vulnerable.
- Distribution: Found in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and into Indian Oceans.
- It is the largest of the living sea turtles, weighing as much as 900 kg.
- Jellyfish is their primary food.
- Habitat: Tropical and subtropical oceans.
- Threats: High Sea fishing operations, harvesting of eggs, destruction of nests by wild predators and domesticated species such as cats, dogs and pigs , construction, mining and plantation of exotics.
- Artificial lighting disorients hatchlings and adults and causes them to migrate inland rather than towards the sea.
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