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National Natural Monument
Reptiles
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Caretta caretta
The loggerhead is a large sea turtle with a reddish-brown carapace that roams the Pacific and comes ashore on Japanese beaches in early summer to lay eggs. Females are said to return to the beaches where they were born. Nesting sites such as Omaezaki in Shizuoka, sites in Wakayama, Gamoda in Tokushima and Miyazaki are Natural Monuments.
- Scientific name
- Caretta caretta
- Group
- Reptiles
- Prefectures
- Shizuoka, Wakayama, Tokushima, Miyazaki
- 日本語
- アカウミガメ
- 简体中文
- 蠵龟
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The Loggerhead Sea Turtle is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Shizuoka, Wakayama, Tokushima, Miyazaki.
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