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Title	Close up of Leatherback turtle
Alternative Title	Dermochelys coriacea
Contact	mailto:nctcimages@fws.gov
Creator	Rabon, David
Description	The leatherback is the largest, deepest diving, and most migratory and wide ranging of all sea turtles. The adult leatherback can reach 4 to 8 feet in length and 500 to 2000 pounds in weight. Its shell is composed of a mosaic of small bones covered by firm, rubbery skin with seven longitudinal ridges or keels. The skin is predominantly black with varying degrees of pale spotting; including a notable pink spot on the dorsal surface of the head in adults. A toothlike cusp is located on each side of the gray upper jaw; the lower jaw is hooked anteriorly. The paddle-like clawless limbs are black with white margins and pale spotting.
FWS Resource Links	http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=C00F
Subject	Endangered and/or Threatened species Reptiles
Location	North Carolina
Publisher	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributors	Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
Date of Original	2005-05-16
Type	Still Image
Format	JPG
Item ID	Leatherback_head_DRabon.JPG
Source	NCTC Image Library
Rights	Public Domain
File Size	1984203 Bytes
Height	1728
Width	2304
Color Space	RGB
Original Format	Image
Full Resolution File Size	1984203 Bytes
Original Filename	Leatherback_head_DRabon.JPG
Full resolution	Volume177/Leatherback_head_DRabon.JPG http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/FullRes/natdiglib/Volume177/Leatherback_head_DRabon.JPG
Date created	2010-12-15
Date modified	2015-05-15