Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas (endangered), loggerhead, Caretta caretta (endangered), and leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea (critically endangered). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Baptiste Guyard after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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