Endangered marine turtles in Ecuador and Australia TurtlesAustralian turtles have their appearancebeen on Earth sincefor about 200 million years ago. There are two different types of reptiles in this species, which are terrestrial and aquatic. Currently, several marine species are about to become extinct. Ecuador and Australia are countries with a heat population of turtles in their coastal areas and unfortunately, some of them have been threatened aand many due to some factors such as contamination, habitat destruction, among others. First, in Australia, the main reason sea turtles are frequent on their coasts is because they are in danger of extinction and it is illegal to capture them.