Loggerhead Turtle

Order Testudines; Family Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles); Scientific name: Caretta caretta; Common name: Loggerhead Turtle – Hatchling, finally at home, in the ocean - Distribution in Australia: from Shark Bay in Western Australia north, along the tropics then south to about Port Macquarie in the New South Wales; occasionally straying further south; Overseas distribution: species with a pan-tropical distribution throughout the world – Conservation status in Australia as well as the international status: ENDANGERED SPECIES.