Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata · Reptile
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A sea turtle about 1 m long and 80 kg, living on tropical coral reefs, lagoons and mangroves of all warm oceans, rarely deeper than 18 m; it feeds mostly on sponges, some of them poisonous. Females lay about 140 eggs in the sand of beaches. Its mottled shell plates are the tortoiseshell (bekko in Japan) of spectacle frames, jewels and ornaments; millions were killed for it, and its eggs and meat are eaten, though the flesh can be poisonous, especially around the Indian Ocean.
- Danger
- Harmless
- How it is met
- Alone, by day
- Size
- Medium
- In winter
- Active in winter
Where it lives
Mangrove, Sandy Shore, Estuary, Coastal Shelf, Coral Reef, Open Ocean
Gives
Tortoiseshell, Hawksbill Turtle Egg
Sources
- Michael Edelman, Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill sea turtle). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2004.
- Hawksbill sea turtle. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
- Tortue imbriquée. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 2026.
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