Sea Turtle Photos

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Green Turtle Photos
Hawksbill Turtle Photos
Kemp's Ridley Turtle Photos
Leatherback Turtle Photos
Loggerhead Turtle Photos
Olive Ridley Turtle Photos

Green Turtle Photos

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Green Turtle (click for larger, high resolution version)
(Chelonia mydas)
Photo: Andy Bruckner, NOAA

green turtle surfacing above water
Green Turtle (click for larger, high resolution version)
(Chelonia mydas)
Photo: Jeff Seminoff, NOAA

green turtle underwater, © Ursula Keuper-Bennett/Peter Bennett
Green Turtle
(Chelonia mydas)
Photo: © Ursula Keuper-Bennett/Peter Bennett. Copyright Information

green turtle, © Ursula Keuper-Bennett/Peter Bennett
Green Turtle
(Chelonia mydas)
Photo: © Ursula Keuper-Bennett/Peter Bennett. Copyright Information

Green Turtle
(Chelonia mydas)
Photo: © Ursula Keuper-Bennett/Peter Bennett. Copyright Information

Green Turtle with fibropapillomatosis
(Chelonia mydas)
Photo: © Ursula Keuper-Bennett/Peter Bennett. Copyright Information

green turtle underwater, near ocean floor. © Caroline S. Rogers, USGS
Green Turtle
(Chelonia mydas)
Photo: © Caroline S. Rogers, USGS

Green Turtle
(Chelonia mydas)
Photo: © Caroline S. Rogers, USGS

green turtle underwater
Green Turtle
(Chelonia mydas)
Photo: Jordan T. Wilkerson

Green Turtle
(Chelonia mydas)
Photo: Dave Canny, Ecospective

Green Turtle
(Chelonia mydas)
Photo: Douglas Shea

green turtle eating seagrass
Green Turtle
(Chelonia mydas)
Photo: R.P. van Dam

Hawksbill Turtle Photos

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Hawksbill Turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
Photo: Johan Chevalier

fish swimming around hawksbill turtle
Hawksbill Turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
Photo: Gerry O'Mara

hawksbill turtle, underwater, at night
Hawksbill Turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
Photo: Jordan T. Wilkerson

Hawksbill Turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
Photo: Karen L. Salvini

Hawksbill Turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
Photo: Gerry O'Mara

Hawksbill Turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
Photo: Steve Cohen

Hawksbill Turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
Photo: Caroline Rogers, USGS

Hawksbill Turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
Photo: Michelle T. Scharer

Hawksbill Turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
Photo: Caroline Rogers, USGS

Hawksbill Turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
Photo: © R.P. van Dam

Hawksbill Turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
Photo: R.P. van Dam

Kemp's Ridley Turtle Photos

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kemp's ridley turtle poking head above water
Kemp's Ridley Turtle
(Lepidochelys kempii)
Photo: NOAA

Dr. Brian Stacy, NOAA veterinarian, cleans a young Kemp's ridley turtle
Photo: NOAA/GADNR

Kemp's Ridley Turtle
(Lepidochelys kempii)
Photo: National Park Service

Kemp's Ridley Turtle
(Lepidochelys kempii)
Photo: Kim Bassos-Hull,
Mote Marine Laboratory

Leatherback Turtle Photos

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leatherback turtle on the beach
Leatherback turtle (click for large, high-resolution version)
(Dermochelys coriacea)
Photo: Scott R. Benson, NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center

leatherback turtle, closeup of face
Leatherback turtle (click for larger image)
(Dermochelys coriacea)
Photo: Scott R. Benson, NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center

leatherback turtle with head above water
Leatherback turtle
(Dermochelys coriacea)
Photo: Scott R. Benson, NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center

leatherback hatchling in water; S.R. Livingstone, University of Glasgow
Leatherback turtle hatchling
(Dermochelys coriacea)
Photo: S.R. Livingstone, University of Glasgow

leatherback turtle with head above water
Leatherback turtle
(Dermochelys coriacea)
Photo: Scott R. Benson, NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center

leatherback esophagus papillae; Karumbe
Leatherback turtle esophagus
(Dermochelys coriacea)
Photo: Karumbé

screen shot from video of Leatherback Turtle in the Pacific Ocean

Videos: Leatherback Turtles in the Pacific Ocean
NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center

screen shot from video of Leatherback Turtle in Solomon Island

Videos: Leatherback Turtles in the Solomon Islands
NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center

Loggerhead Sea Turtle Photos

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loggerhead hatchling
Loggerhead turtle hatchling
(Caretta caretta)
Photo: Mary Wozny, Broward County Florida Sea Turtle Conservation Program

Loggerhead Turtle escaping a net equipped with turtle excluder device (TED)
(Caretta caretta)
Photo: NOAA
(click for larger, high-resolution version)

Loggerhead turtle
(Caretta caretta)
Photo: Marco Giuliano/ Fondazione Cetacea

loggerhead turtle escaping net equipped with turtle excluder device
Loggerhead Turtle escaping a trawl net equipped with turtle excluder device (TED)
(Caretta caretta)
Photo: NOAA

Olive Ridley Turtle Photos

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olive ridley sea turtle
Olive Ridley Turtle
(Lepidochelys olivacea)
Photo: Robert Pitman

Olive Ridley Arribada in Mexico
(Lepidochelys olivacea)
Photo: Michael P. Jensen

Olive Ridley Turtle
(Lepidochelys olivacea)
Photo: Michael P. Jensen

Olive Ridley Turtle
(Lepidochelys olivacea)
Photo: Robert Pitman

Updated: January 31, 2013