Loggerhead Turtle

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=75 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="21a8dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>index</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="index"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Eastern longnecked turtle"><U>The Eastern long-necked turtle</U></A>   |   <B>Loggerhead Turtle</B>   |   <A HREF="id141.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Green Turtle"><U>Green Turtle</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id150.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Murray Shortnecked Turtle"><U>Murray Short-necked Turtle</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=405 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="21a8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Loggerhead Turtle</I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="752" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#003300" BORDERCOLORDARK="#006633" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="379"><div> <I><B>Common Name:</B></I><B> </B>Loggerhead Turtle</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=7 WIDTH="356"><div> Picture yet to come</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="379"><div> <I><B>Scientific Name:</B></I><B> </B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 172 WIDTH="379"><div> <I><B>General Characteristics: </B></I>All marine turtles come ashore to lay their eggs in a hole dug by the female above the high - water mark on a beach.  Once she lays the eggs, she fills in the hole with sand and the eggs are left to incubate.  Depending on the species, females will lay several clutches of eggs in a season over a period of weeks.  The young of a clutch emerge from their eggs simultaneously and move in a group towards the surface.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="379"><div> <I><B>Shell length: </B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="379"><div> <I><B>Diet: </B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="379"><div> <I><B>Habitat: </B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="379"><div> <I><B>Status:</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>