Leatherback Turtle Nesting
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Camera location18° 22′ 10.04″ N, 65° 42′ 10.63″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 18.369456; -65.702953. Description: English: Leatherback Turtle nesting at San Miguel Beach in Puerto Rico's Northeast Ecological Corridor. The Leatherback turtle's "tears" are its way to shed excess salt.Español: Tinglar anidando en playa San Miguel en el Corredor Ecológico del Noreste de Puerto Rico. Las "lágrimas" del Tinglar son su manera de deshacerse del exceso de sal. Date: Taken on 17 May 2007. Source: Own work. Author: Coalición Pro CEN.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
- Tetrapoda (terrestrial vertebrates)
- Amniota (amniotes)
- Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Diapsida (diapsid)
- Testudinata (turtles)
- Testudines (turtle)
- Cryptodira
- Dermochelyidae (leatherback turtles)
- Dermochelys (Leatherback sea turtle)
- Dermochelys coriacea (Coffin-back)
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