Sea Turtle ID

[tarponchik]

It is so old and covered with barnacles I am hesitant to name it.

 

[T.C.]

Where was it?

Looks to be a Loggerhead.

 

[tarponchik]

Where was it?

Looks to be a Loggerhead.

St Andrews jetties. My initial thinking was of a female Loggerhead, then looking at the pictures I had some doubts.

 

[WeRtheOcean]

Well, according to https://www.researchgate.net/figure...-territorial-waters-Prefrontal_fig2_268745071, more than two prefrontal scales rules out Green. The shell is not like Hawksbill. So that leaves a choice between Loggerhead and Ridley.

 

[Divin'Papaw]

Pretty sure it is a female loggerhead. I think your first impression was correct.

 

[tarponchik]

She looks very old but at the same time she is not big, the size of an average hawksbill. The last female loggerhead that I've seen that close (in Riviera Maya) was 1.5-2 times bigger but still looked brand new:

 

[Raphus]

Definitely not a green and I think its not a loggerhead.
Might be a very old hawksbill.

Where did u take the photo?

 

[tarponchik]

Definitely not a green and I think its not a loggerhead.
Might be a very old hawksbill.

Where did u take the photo?

St Andrews jetties, PCB, FL.

 

[Doctorfish]

Looks like a Loggerhead to me

 

[Pipehorse]

Definitely not a green and I think its not a loggerhead.
Might be a very old hawksbill.

Where did u take the photo?

Maybe