- Asset ID
- 322
- Title
- Dermochelys coriacea
- Creator
- NHM
- Credit
- Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London
- KEYWORDS
- 1969.2803-04
animal
vertebrate
reptilia
specimen
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spirit collection
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Dermochelys coriacea
These young leatherback turtles were collected from French Guiana. The leatherback sea turtle, sometimes called the lute turtle is the largest of all living turtles. They undertake longest migrations of any seaturtle between breeding and feeding sites (3700 miles).