turtle egg hatching | 6 turtle doves Turtle Habitat Ocean turtles inhabit tropical and subtropical waters around the world, playing with the case of the leatherback turtle, it reaches the cool waters of Alaska plus the European Arctic occasionally. Even though some species have a wide circulation, an example of a limited distribution is a Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) which only recides on the continental shelf of Australia, including Papua Fresh Guinea and Indonesia. Likewise, the Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) inhabits only part of the American country. The main regions of the world along with the presence of sea turtles, separated by species, are below. Oriental sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) - the Atlantic Marine, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mediterranean and beyond, African coasts, Northern Quarterly report, Argentine, Pacific Ocean. ...