Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtles)

Family

Leatherback Sea Turtles

Dermochelyidae

1 species in our catalog · found in 17 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Leatherback Sea Turtle
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Leatherback Sea Turtle

☀️🌙 Day & Night Reptile

Dermochelys coriacea

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
10–20
Mar
5–10
Apr
5–10
May
10–20
Jun
5–10
Jul
5–10
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🕐 When They're Spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

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Where to see Leatherback Sea Turtles

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

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