The Leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)

Family DERMOCHELYIDAE

IUCN status: Vulnerable (A2bd ver 3.1)

Recorded so far in Indian waters: Indian Ocean, Gulf of Kutch, Okha coast, Goa coast, Tangasseri reef near Calicut, Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay.

Registration Number and collection localities: 887 (34a Asiatic Society of Bengal) - Tenasserim, Myanmar.