Black sea turtle
Chelonia agassizii

Diagnostic features:

• 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.