[Animal Art] Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

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Subject:	[Animal Art] Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

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[Animal Art] Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Captured from a WONDERFUL MULTIMEDIA CD-ROM title,
"Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Nature",
Dorling Kindersley Multimedia, 1995

Leatherback Turtle
Long front flippers & Parallel ribs on back
UNLIKE MOST other turtles, an adult leatherback has no scales on its shell. Instead, the shell is hidden under a layer of rubbery skin. The biggest turtles in the world, leatherbacks have large flippers and are powerful swimmers. They have weak, scissorlike jaws and no claws on their flippers.

Dorling Kindersly Multimedia
(reviewed by Univ. of Texsas Library)
http://volvo.gslis.utexas.edu/~reviews/dkmm.html

For more images captured from the CD-ROM title,
http://bioinfo.kordic.re.kr/animal/APAsrch2.cgi?qt=DKMMNature-

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Guest
the leatherback turtles are the most beautiful

Guest
Scientific Name: Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) Common Names: English – Leatherback, Leatherback Sea Turtle, Leathery Turtle, Luth, Trunkback Turtle, Trunk Turtle, Coffin-back Spanish – Cardon, Baula, Canal, Dorso de Cuero, Galapagos, Siete Lomos, Siete Quillas, Tinglada, Tinglar, Tora, Tortuga Caná, Tortuga Laud French – Tortue luth Synonyms: Testudo coriacea Vandelli, 1761 Dermochelys coriacea Blainville, 1816

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