Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Reptile Species List

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REPTILE SPECIES

Sea Turtle List

The following sea turtles are found within the coral cap region of the sanctuary (0-130 ft, 0-40m deep). Common names are listed, if known.

Sea Turtles
Common Name Scientific Name

Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

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Flower Garden Banks National Marine Santuary has also been instrumental in assisting with sea turtle releases. These fortunate animals were rehabilitated by NOAA's Sea Turtle facility in Galveston, then released from R/V MANTA.

Learn their stories...

Small, knobby corals in foreground; boulder of brain coral in background. Long, fingery branches of purple sponge anchored in knobby corals and standing upright.