Black Sea Turtle

Females (nesting grounds) mean 41.6 kg
Males 55.8 kg
Length ccl. nesting females mean 72cm (65 - 117cm)
Males (on feeding grounds) 80cm (60 -95cm)

• Medium sized turtles : smaller than Chelonia
mydas
• Carapace : subcardiform, more strongly vaulted
and relatively narrower than that of Chelonia
mydas. Slightly emarginate over neck and fore
flippers, deeper emarginate over the rear flippers
• Colours:Dark, slate grey, blotched with olive and
brown, with or without radiating yellow stripes.
Underneath (plastron): grey to bluish or
yellowish-grey
• Head:Small and blunt : single pair of scales in
front of the eyes;
• Mandibles covered by horny tomium with sharp
cutting edges: lower jaw strongly serrated.