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title: "Karetta"
description: "Caretta caretta — Gady. The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), loggerhead turtle or loggerhead, is a species of sea turtle distributed throughout the world."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/loggerhead-sea-turtle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Karetta

> Caretta caretta — Gady. The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), loggerhead turtle or loggerhead, is a species of sea turtle distributed throughout the world.

- Scientific name: *Caretta caretta*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 10180
- Wikidata: [Q192095](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192095)
- iNaturalist taxon: [39665](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39665)

## Names

- en: Loggerhead Sea Turtle
- de: Unechte Karettschildkröte
- es: Tortuga caguama
- fr: Caouanne
- nl: Onechte karetschildpad
- pt: Tartaruga-comum
- pl: Karetta

## Countries with the most observations

US (2143), IT (1235), GR (971), AU (449), MX (234), TR (232), ES (199), BR (182), PT (153), ZA (150), IL (129), AL (109)

## Summary

The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), loggerhead turtle or loggerhead, is a species of sea turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The average loggerhead measures around 90 cm (35 in) in carapace length when fully grown. The adult loggerhead sea turtle weighs approximately 135 kg (298 lb), with the largest specimens weighing about 200 kg (440 lb). The skin ranges from yellow to brown in color, and the shell is typically reddish brown. No external differences in sex are seen until the turtle becomes an adult, the most obvious difference being the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loggerhead_sea_turtle

## Photo

![Karetta](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/loggerhead-sea-turtle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9836361

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/loggerhead-sea-turtle?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).