L IS FOR LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE
Leatherback sea turtle
| Leatherback sea turtle | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
| Family: | Dermochelyidae |
| Subfamily: | Dermochelyinae |
| Genus: | Dermochelys Blainville, 1816[3] |
| Species: | D. coriacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Dermochelys coriacea | |
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| Synonyms[4] | |
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The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), sometimes called the lute turtle or leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and is the fourth-heaviest modern reptile behind three crocodilians.[5][6] It is the only living species in the genus Dermochelys and family Dermochelyidae. It can easily be differentiated from other modern sea turtles by its lack of a bony shell, hence the name. Instead, its carapace is covered by skin and oily flesh.
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