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A. Large ovoid plate on the top (dorsum) of head, usually 3

 (sometimes 4) inframarginal scutes on bridge, no pores in bridge scutes.

 

 

Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)

 


B. Large ovoid plate on the top (dorsum) of head absent,

 4 or 5 inframarginal scutes, pores present in bridge scutes.

 

Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle)