- Internal fertilization
- Sperm fertilizes the egg in the oviducts
- Females nest around May and June three times in a season
- They usually have between 100 and 110 eggs in a clutch
- The eggs take between 50 and 60 days to hatch
- Many turtles go to nest at the same time which is referred to as an "arribada"
- They have been known to nest near Rancho Nuevo, Mexico and Padre Island
