Description of the Loggerhead
(Caretta caretta)
Colouration*HeadLimbsCarapacePlastronWeightDistribution
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*source: Pritchard & Mortimier (1999)
![taxcc-16](https://widecast.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/TAXCC-16-300x289.jpg)
![taxcc-cc-head-profile](https://widecast.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/TAXCC-CC-head-profile-300x239.jpg)
Front flippers relatively short compared to other species; two claws on each flipper.
![taxcc-1](https://widecast.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/TAXCC-1-300x239.jpg)
![taxcc-cc-dorsal](https://widecast.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/TAXCC-CC-dorsal-300x239.gif)
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![taxcc-cc-ventral](https://widecast.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/TAXCC-CC-ventral-300x239.gif)
To about 180 kg in the western Atlantic and to about 150 kg in Australia; less than 100 kg in the Mediterranean.
All oceans, usually temperate waters, sometimes subtropical and tropical.