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Leatherback Sea Turtles

Dermochelyidae · 1 species

In Québec, the family Dermochelyidae (order Testudines) counts 1 species of reptiles. The star: Leatherback Sea Turtle, the most often observed. The richest region: Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, with 1 species. It has its own page: photos, its sounds, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine1

Leatherback Sea Turtles 1

Testudines
All17Testudines9Squamata8
Dermochelyidae
All9Emydidae5Chelydridae1Dermochelyidae1Kinosternidae1Trionychidae1
Leatherback Sea Turtle2 observations