The carapace is olive gray with brown/yellow margins. Like the Green sea turtle, the Flatback is a large turtle, measuring 92 cm and weighing up to 200 pounds Though other females in turtle species lay up to. The Flatback's shell colour is green and the outside ring of its shell is turned upward - kind of like a dinner plate. The carapace has a thin, oval shape, with large non-overlapping scutes. The Flatback sea turtle is a part of the sea turtle family, Cheloniidae. The soft carapace turns up at the edge, and is usually olive or gray in color and the bottom shell (plastron) is light yellow in color. The flatback is a medium-sized hard-shelled sea turtle. At one time, this turtle was considered a relative of the green sea turtle, but it was returned to its own genus, Natator, by Limpus et al (1988) and Zangerl and Hendrickson (1988). Taxonomy & Nomenclature Common Names, English: Flatback Sea Turtle Current Standing, valid Taxonomic Parents, Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum. The Flatback sea turtle, often referred as the Australian Flatback is approximately 2 feet in height and 150-200 pounds in weight. This species name 'depressa' is from Latin and means flat. Flatback Eggs and Hatchlings Crocodylus porosus.
Leatherback turtles are the only turtle species in the world that does not have a hard shell and scales. Leatherback turtles are 4.5 to 5.5 feet (1.4 to 1.7 m) long and weigh up to 2,200 pounds (998 kg). Some of these predators are: Night Heron, Sand Monitor Lizard, Feral Pigs, and more. The leatherback turtle is the largest turtle species in the world.
The original thought that these turtles may have a relation to the Green sea turtles or the Kemp’s Ridley has now changed to give these turtles distinct species status. While the Flatback Sea Turtle is in the egg and hatchling phase of its development, it is extremely vulnerable and has a lot of predators. The Flatback is unique among the seven species of sea turtles it is the only sea turtle to nest solely in a single country, doing so in the rugged far. Even though the Flatback turtles live in a limited range, you can find very little information about these species when compared with the other sea turtle species. The Flatback turtle Natator depressus inhabits and nests mainly in Australia, and the surrounding beaches. Taken at Pt hedland, wa - new hatchling makes its way across the reef and through some of the rock pools out to ocean.
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