Eretmochelys imbricata
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
As recorded: Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Animalia › Chordata › Testudines › Cheloniidae
- Collected by
- R Lau via A Stankus (SSG)
- Identified by
- G Balazs, NOAA MTRPG.H. Balazs →NOAA MTRP →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Eretmochelys imbricata observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 7,158 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-30.
2026-10-30
Sud, NC
(c) momaz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-29
(c) Marilou Werlé, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-29
(c) Slunky, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-28
(c) Itai Grisaru, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
(c) thib59972, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
Papua New Guinea
(c) Dan Brown - Wild Discovery tours, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Eretmochelys imbricata. BPBM 43366. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 1090180966. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/43366.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 1090180966 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026