Jennifer S. Walker Donna J. Shaver Margaret Lamont 2022 <p>The Northwest Atlantic population of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (<i>Caretta caretta</i>) is one of the largest <i>C. caretta</i> populations in the world and is listed as threatened. This population was divided into five genetically distinct subpopulations, including the Northern Gulf of Mexico (NGoM) subpopulation (Shamblin et al. 2017 Mar. Bio. 164:138). Across the NGoM, the majority of <i>C. caretta</i> nesting occurs in Franklin and Gulf Counties, Florida, USA (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, https://myfwc.com/research/wildlife/sea-turtles/nesting/nesting-atlas/). Few <i>C. caretta</i> nests are documented on Texas, USA, beaches and as such, less is known about the individuals that nest in Texas (see Shaver et al. 2020 Front. Mar. Sci. 7:1, Frandsen et al. 2020 Herp. Review 51:825) as compared to those that nest on beaches in the eastern part of the range (Lamont et al. 2014 Mar. Bio. 161:2659). Although <i>C. caretta</i> individuals have been tracked to Texas from nesting beaches throughout the Southeastern USA (Hart et al. 2014, PLoS One, 9), movements of <i>C. caretta</i> away from Texas beaches are rare. Here we detail the exchange of an adult female <i>C. caretta</i> that emerged and was tagged on the beach in Texas and then subsequently documented nesting in Northwest Florida.</p> application/pdf en Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle) nesting exchange article