Sealife guideThe flatback sea turtleNatator depressus
Taxonomy
- Common name: Flatback sea turtle
- French name: Tortue de mer à dos plat
- Scientific name: Natator depressus (Garman, 1880)
- Family name: Cheloniidae
- Order name: Testudines
- Class name: Sea reptiles
Within the same family
Sea turtle
(7 espèces)
Loggerhead sea turtle
(Caretta caretta)
Kemp's ridley sea turtle
(Lepidochelys kempii)
Hawksbill sea turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
Olive ridley sea turtle
(Lepidochelys olivacea)
Green sea turtle
(Chelonia mydas)
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