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)

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(Caretta caretta)

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Olive ridley sea turtle
(Lepidochelys olivacea)

Green sea turtle
(Chelonia mydas)
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