#1519 · 🦎 reptiles
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
🇳🇱 Onechte Karetschildpad ·Caretta caretta
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Roberto Pillon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Radu Teodoreanu · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Roberto Pillon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Roberto Pillon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Roberto Pillon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Roberto Pillon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Roberto Pillon · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
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 average loggerhead measures around 90 cm (35 in) long when fully grown, although larger specimens of up to 280 cm (110 in) have been discovered. The adult loggerhead sea turtle weighs approximately 135 kg (298 lb), with the largest specimens weighing in at more than 450 kg (1,000 lb). The skin ranges from yellow to brown in...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 10,383 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Loggerhead Sea Turtle
- Nederlands
- Onechte Karetschildpad
- scientific name
- Caretta caretta
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Testudines
- family
- Cheloniidae
- IUCN Red List
- VU · vulnerable
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 2,662
- sightings worldwide
- 10,383
- GBIF records in NL
- 112
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Cheloniidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 39665, Wikidata Q192095, GBIF 8894817, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.