#1692 · 🦎 reptiles
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
🇳🇱 Karetschildpad ·Eretmochelys imbricata
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © malu_md · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Kevin Bryant · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © Jean-Marie GRADOT · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © B.navez · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. © Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Selene E. Jacobo Cabral · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 9. © Juan Fernando Pesántez-Muñoz · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
The hawksbill sea turtle ( Eretmochelys imbricata ) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in the genus Eretmochelys . The species has a worldwide distribution, with Atlantic and Indo-Pacific subspecies— E. i. imbricata and E. i. bissa , respectively.
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.
- 10,409 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).
- Listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Hawksbill Sea Turtle
- Nederlands
- Karetschildpad
- scientific name
- Eretmochelys imbricata
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Testudines
- family
- Cheloniidae
- IUCN Red List
- CR · critically endangered
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 10,409
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1766
IUCN in Dutch: ernstig bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Cheloniidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 39672, Wikidata Q203538, GBIF 2442207, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.