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Size (carapace length) 1 m.
Four pairs of costal shields; head covered with regular shields consisting of a frontal preceded by 2 pairs of scales, a pair of supraorbitals, parietals, occipitals, 2 large upratemporals and 8 or 9 temporals; arms flipperlike;
leg similar, shorter, widen, carapace covered with strongly imbricating shields, all keeled with accessory none parallel ridges; jaw hooked; usually 2 claws on hand and foot, Above brown, streaked with amber; plastron light yellowish.
ระบบนิเวศ :
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Inhabits seas and oceans, eggs laying in hole-nests on sand beaches.