Katung Fa vs Leatherback Sea Turtle

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Dermochelys coriacea

Key Differences

Katung Fa is Least Concern while Leatherback Sea Turtle is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Katung Fa	Leatherback Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Plantae (พืช)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)	Reptilia (สัตว์เลื้อยคลาน)
Order	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)	Testudines (เต่า)
Family	Apocynaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Alstonia	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Alstonia macrophylla	Dermochelys coriacea

Conservation Status

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Leatherback Sea Turtle

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~35.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Katung Fa	Leatherback Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	50 years
Average Length	—	2.0 m
Average Weight	—	500.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Costa Rica, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Trinidad and Tobago. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.