Leatherback Sea Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassTestudines
FamilyDermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtles)
GenusDermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtles)
SpeciesDermochelys coriacea (Leatherback Sea Turtle)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Ningaloo Marine Park

3 Verified records at Ningaloo Marine Park

☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), sometimes called the lute turtle, leathery turtle or simply the luth, is a large species of sea turtle. The largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, it reaches lengths of up to 2.7 metres (8 ft 10 in) and weights of 500 kilograms (1,100 lb). It is the only living species in the genus Dermochelys and family Dermochelyidae. It can easily be differentiated from other modern sea turtles by its lack of a bony shell; instead, its carapace is covered by oily flesh and flexible, leather-like skin, for which it is named. Leatherback turtles have a global range, although there are multiple distinct subpopulations. The species as a whole is considered vulnerable, and some of its subpopulations are critically endangered. Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Leatherback Sea Turtle at Ningaloo Marine Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
2	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
3	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	Insufficient data
4	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
5	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
6	Ningaloo Marine Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
7	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
8	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data
9	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
10	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
11	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
12	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
13	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
14	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
15	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
16	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
17	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

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