The Great European and American Loggerhead Turtle
The Great European and American Loggerhead Turtle is one of the largest species of loggerhead turtles. One branch is a relatively large turtle, with a body length of up to one meter. However, it is gentle in character, and its meat is delicious and nutritious. Therefore, people have made the European and American loggerhead turtle a protected species through excessive hunting and killing.
The giant European and American loggerhead turtle is very large, up to 1 meter long, and generally weighs about 100 kilograms, with a maximum weight of 300 to 400 kilograms. The head and body are red or reddish brown, and the belly is yellow. The palate is hook-shaped and the head is large and broad. The scales on the back of the head are arranged symmetrically, the scales on the forehead are 2 pairs, the front edge of the carapace is oval, the rear edge is pointed, and the center is slightly raised. The larvae have three strong ribs on their back, which gradually disappear as they grow. There are 5 to 6 vertebral shields, often 5 pairs of costal shields, and 3 exaggerated lower edge shields on the nail bridge. The hands and feet are paddle-shaped, and the forelimbs are long with 1 to 2 claws. Scattered in warm water areas in Europe and America, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. There are peaceful loggerhead turtles scattered in the waters of the South China Sea and the East China Sea.
Loggerhead turtles can be divided into 2 subspecies: C.c caretta and C.c gigas. The important spawning grounds of Pacific loggerhead sea turtles in the Western Pacific are the beaches of Okinawa, Kagoshima, Kumahara, Tokushima, Aichi, Kanagawa, and Chiba prefectures in Japan.
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