Hawkbill Sea Turtle

The Hawksbill sea turtles are considered one of the most beautiful turtles in the ocean today. Poaching and other threats have led to a decline of the turtle population. Theses beautiful creatures are close to extinction and if there is nothing done to protect them, then these turtles will be gone forever. They are considered to be smaller sea turtles compared to other sea turtles. Hawksbill turtles are named for their narrow head and sharp bird-like beak. A hawksbill sea turtle is easily recognizable from other sea turtles because of its sharp, curving beak, and the saw-like appearance of its shell pattern. Adult hawksbill sea turtles have been known to grow up to 3 feet in length, weighing between 100 to 150 pounds. The color of the hawksbill turtle may change from one geographical location to another because of water temperature, but their shells tend to be a mottled brown with dark and light spots and streaks. The shells, which they are known for have thick scutes. A acute is a bony external plate or scale that's overlaid with horn, makes up its carapace. Its carapace has five central scutes and four pairs of lateral scutes, like several members of
It's in the Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Reptilia, Order: Testudines, Family: Cheloniidae, Genus: Eretmochelys, Species: imbricata. Its in the class Reptilia, which means it is a reptile. It's family is Cheloniidae. The Cheloniidae are a family of turtles that belongs to the sea turtle superfamily cheloniodea. In 1843 a zoologist named Leopold Fitzinger derived the genus' name, Eretmochelys. The roots of the word were pulled from the Greek words eretmo and chelys, meaning "oar" and "turtle". The name refers to the turtles' oar-like front flippers. The species' name imbricata is Latin. Imbricata translated into English means to imbricate. To imbricate means to arrange and it accurately describes the turtles' overlapping