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Sea Turtle Pictures - Photos of Sea Turtles
Endangered Marine Reptiles

From Jennifer Kennedy, About.com

Sea turtles are reptiles that live in a marine or brackish environment. The flippers of sea turtles are long and paddle-like, making them excellent for swimming but poor for walking on land. Sea turtles are classified in the Class Reptilia, Subclass Anapsida and Order Chelonii. There are seven recognized species of sea turtles, six of which are in the Family Cheloniidae (the hawksbill, green, flatback, loggerhead, Kemp's ridley and olive ridley turtles), with only one (the leatherback) in the family Dermochelyidae.
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Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Hatchling, Caribbean Conservation Corporation / www.cccturtle.orgGreen Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) HatchlingLeatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), Daniel Evans / Caribbean Conservation CorporationLeatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) PictureLoggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta), Juan Cuetos/Oceana-www.oceana.org Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), Caribbean Conservation Corporation/www.cccturtle.orgHawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Loggerhead Turtle Escaping a Turtle Excluder Device / NOAATurtle Excluder Device (TED)
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