Reptiles of Japan - Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Green Sea Turtle, Leatherback Sea Turtle, Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Mamushi, Ramphotyphlops Braminus (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Loggerhead sea turtle, Green sea turtle, Leatherback sea turtle, Hawksbill sea turtle, Mamushi, Ramphotyphlops braminus, Pelamis platura, Common House Gecko, Chinese pond turtle, Trimeresurus flavoviridis, Viviparous lizard, Gloydius halys, Chinese box turtle, Laticauda colubrina, Rhabdophis tigrinus, Lepidodactylus lugubris, Chinese softshell turtle, Ovophis okinavensis, Yellow pond turtle, Gehyra mutilata, Beauty rat snake, Sinomicrurus macclellandi, Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle, Achalinus, Iwasaki's Snail-eater, Trimeresurus elegans, Hemiphyllodactylus typus, Oriental Leaf-toed Gecko, Japanese pond turtle, Euprepiophis conspicillatus, Black-banded sea krait, Trimeresurus tokarensis, Japanese Rat Snake, Laticauda laticaudata, Achalinus werneri, Hemibungarus, Japanese striped snake, Lapemis curtus, Hydrophis ornatus, Takydromus tachydromoides, Elaphe carinata, Kuroiwa's Ground Gecko, Hydrophis melanocephalus, Kishinoue's Giant Skink, Pfeffer's Reed Snake, Kikuzato's Brook Snake, Sakashima Green Snake, Amphiesma vibakari. Excerpt: The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), or loggerhead, is an oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The loggerhead measures up to 213 centimetres (84 in) long when fully grown. The adult loggerhead sea turtle weighs approximately 135 kilograms (300 lb). The skin ranges from yellow to brown in color, and the shell is typically reddish-brown. There are no external differences in gender until the turtle becomes an adult, the most obvious difference being that adult males have thicker tails and shorter plastrons than the females. The loggerhead sea turtle is found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans as well as the Mediterranean Sea. It spends most of its life in saltwater and estuarine habitats, with femal...