Subspecies in India
This species is listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Eretmochelys imbricata - Hawksbill Sea Turtle
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Type Locality: NA
Common, known to be distributed in circumglobal pattern throughout tropical and subtropical areas of Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans (Mortimer and Donnelly, 2008).
Conservation Status:
This species is listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).The species nests on insular and mainland sandy beaches throughout tropics and subtropics (Mortimer and Donnelly, 2008). A drastic population decline due to tortoiseshell trading, egg collection, meat consumption, destruction of nesting and foraging habitats, hybridization with other species, entanglement with marine debris and oil caused pollution were observed within recent time frame (Mortimer and Donnelly, 2008).
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
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| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
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| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 |
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) – Hawksbill Sea Turtle. In Kamdar, A. and K. Kunte. (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. v.1.26. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://indianreptiles.org/eretmochelys-imbricata-0, accessed 2025/04/23.