242 VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



Family 6. Dermochelidae. — Sea turtles with the body covered 

 with a smooth leathery skin; carapace with 7 longitudinal ridges; toes 

 without claws: i genus. 



Dermochelys Blainville. With the characters of the family: 

 I species. 



D. coriacea (L.). Leather-turtle; trunk-back. Color dark brown; 

 length of carapace 1,500 mm.; width 900 mm.; weight 700 lbs. and 

 more: tropical seas; northward as far as Maine. 



