Common Name: Australian flatback - named because its shell is very flat.
Scientific Name: Natator depressus
Description: Head has a single pair of prefrontal scales (scales in front of its eyes). Carapace is bony without ridges and has large, non-overlapping, scutes (scales) present with only 4 lateral scutes. Carapace is oval or round and body is very flat. Flippers have 1 claw. Edge of carapace is folded and covered by thin, non-overlapping waxy scutes. Carapace is olive-grey with pale brown/yellow tones on margins and the flippers creamy white. The scutes of the hatchlings form a unique dark-grey reticulate pattern, and the center of each scute is olive colored.
Size: Adults measure up to 3.25 feet in carapace length (99 cm).
Weight: Adults weigh an average of 198 pounds (90 kg).
Diet: Apparently eats sea cucumbers, jellyfish, mollusks, prawns, bryozoans, other invertebrates and seaweed.
Habitat: Prefer turbid inshore waters, bays, coastal coral reef and grassy shallows.
Nesting: Nests 4 times per season. Lays an average of 50 eggs at time, but these are comparatively quite large. The eggs incubate for about 55 days. When the hatchlings emerge, they are larger than most species.
Range: Very limited. It is found only in the waters around Australia and Papua New Guinea in the Pacific.
Status: Australia - Listed as Vulnerable under the Australian Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Act. International - Listed as Data Deficient by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Was previously listed as vulnerable. Change in classification does not imply species recovery, it just indicates a lack of recent research into their abundance and distribution.
Threats to Survival: Sea turtles are threatened with capture, harvesting of eggs, destruction of nesting beaches, ocean pollution, oil spills and entanglement in fishing and shrimp nets.
Population Estimate*: 20,285 nesting females.
The average life span of a green sea turtle is 80 years.
A turtle has a longer life span because a silkworm can die by someone killing them
A turtle lives 15-20 years old.
About 80 years or so
a red-eared slider turtles life span with proper care is between20-50yrs
1-infinity years
I'm pretty sure it has a life span of about 50 years.
The Black Marsh turtle, also known as the Eastern painted turtle, typically lives for 30 to 50 years in the wild. However, some individuals have been known to live for over 50 years in captivity with proper care.
Depending on the species of turtle, they can live for 40 -> 100 years. "Lonesome George" died at about 100 years old.
they live up to 40-50 years old. cool right
Loggerheads live past 30 years and maybe 50!
Saw-shelled turtles generally have a life span of 15-25 years.