Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle):
countries with most species  (as of 31st December 2018)

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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species 
No. 1
Albania
1
No. 2
Algeria
1
No. 3
Angola
1
No. 4
Anguilla
1
No. 5
Antigua & Barbuda
1
No. 6
Argentina
1
No. 7
Aruba [Netherlands]
1
No. 8
Ascension [United Kingdom]
1
No. 9
Australia
1
No. 10
Azores [Portugal]
1
No. 11
Bahamas
1
No. 12
Bahrain
1
No. 13
Bangladesh
1
No. 14
Barbados
1
No. 15
Belgium
1
No. 16
Belize
1
No. 17
Benin
1
No. 18
Bermuda [United Kingdom]
1
No. 19
Bonaire [Netherlands]
1
No. 20
Bosnia & Herzegovina
1
No. 21
Brazil
1
No. 22
British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom]
1
No. 23
Brunei
1
No. 24
Cambodia
1
No. 25
Cameroon
1
No. 26
Canada
1
No. 27
Canary Islands [Spain]
1
No. 28
Cape Verde
1
No. 29
Cayman Islands
1
No. 30
Chagos Archipelago [United Kingdom]
1
No. 31
Chile
1
No. 32
China
1
No. 33
Colombia
1
No. 34
Comoro Islands
1
No. 35
Congo-Brazzaville
1
No. 36
Congo-Kinshasa
1
No. 37
Cook Islands
1
No. 38
Costa Rica
1
No. 39
Croatia
1
No. 40
Cuba
1
No. 41
Curacao [Netherlands]
1
No. 42
Cyprus
1
No. 43
Denmark
1
No. 44
Djibouti
1
No. 45
Dominica
1
No. 46
Dominican Republic
1
No. 47
Easter Island [Chile]
1
No. 48
Ecuador
1
No. 49
Egypt
1
No. 50
El Salvador
1
No. 51
Equatorial Guinea
1
No. 52
Eritrea
1
No. 53
Fiji
1
No. 54
France
1
No. 55
French Guiana [France]
1
No. 56
Gabon
1
No. 57
Gambia
1
No. 58
Germany
1
No. 59
Ghana
1
No. 60
Gibraltar [United Kingdom]
1
No. 61
Greece
1
No. 62
Grenada
1
No. 63
Guadeloupe [France]
1
No. 64
Guam [USA]
1
No. 65
Guatemala
1
No. 66
Guinea
1
No. 67
Guinea-Bissau
1
No. 68
Guyana
1
No. 69
Haiti
1
No. 70
Hawaii [USA]
1
No. 71
Honduras
1
No. 72
Iceland
1
No. 73
India
1
No. 74
Indonesia
1
No. 75
Iran
1
No. 76
Iraq
1
No. 77
Israel
1
No. 78
Italy
1
No. 79
Ivory Coast
1
No. 80
Jamaica
1
No. 81
Japan
1
No. 82
Jordan
1
No. 83
Kenya
1
No. 84
Kiribati
1
No. 85
Kuwait
1
No. 86
Lebanon
1
No. 87
Liberia
1
No. 88
Libya
1
No. 89
Madagascar
1
No. 90
Madeira [Portugal]
1
No. 91
Malaysia
1
No. 92
Maldives
1
No. 93
Malta
1
No. 94
Marshall Islands
1
No. 95
Martinique [France]
1
No. 96
Mauritania
1
No. 97
Mauritius
1
No. 98
Mayotte [France]
1
No. 99
Mexico
1
No. 100
Micronesia
1
No. 101
Monaco
1
No. 102
Montenegro
1
No. 103
Montserrat [United Kingdom]
1
No. 104
Morocco
1
No. 105
Mozambique
1
No. 106
Myanmar
1
No. 107
Namibia
1
No. 108
Nauru
1
No. 109
Netherlands
1
No. 110
New Caledonia [France]
1
No. 111
New Zealand
1
No. 112
Nicaragua
1
No. 113
Nigeria
1
No. 114
North Korea
1
No. 115
Norway
1
No. 116
Oman
1
No. 117
Pakistan
1
No. 118
Palau
1
No. 119
Panama
1
No. 120
Papua New Guinea
1
No. 121
Peru
1
No. 122
Philippines
1
No. 123
Pitcairn Islands [United Kingdom]
1
No. 124
Portugal
1
No. 125
Puerto Rico
1
No. 126
Qatar
1
No. 127
Republic of Ireland
1
No. 128
Reunion [France]
1
No. 129
Russia
1
No. 130
Saba [Netherlands]
1
No. 131
Saint Barthelemy [France]
1
No. 132
Saint Helena [United Kingdom]
1
No. 133
Saint Kitts & Nevis
1
No. 134
Saint Lucia
1
No. 135
Saint Martin [France / Netherlands]
1
No. 136
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
1
No. 137
Sao Tome & Principe
1
No. 138
Saudi Arabia
1
No. 139
Senegal
1
No. 140
Seychelles
1
No. 141
Sierra Leone
1
No. 142
Singapore
1
No. 143
Sint Eustatius [Netherlands]
1
No. 144
Slovenia
1
No. 145
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]
1
No. 146
Solomon Islands
1
No. 147
Somalia
1
No. 148
South Africa
1
No. 149
South Korea
1
No. 150
Spain
1
No. 151
Sri Lanka
1
No. 152
Sudan
1
No. 153
Surinam
1
No. 154
Sweden
1
No. 155
Syria
1
No. 156
Taiwan
1
No. 157
Tanzania
1
No. 158
Thailand
1
No. 159
Togo
1
No. 160
Tonga
1
No. 161
Trinidad & Tobago
1
No. 162
Tristan da Cunha [United Kingdom]
1
No. 163
Tunisia
1
No. 164
Turkey
1
No. 165
Turks & Caicos Islands
1
No. 166
Tuvalu
1
No. 167
U.S. Virgin Islands [USA]
1
No. 168
United Arab Emirates
1
No. 169
United Kingdom
1
No. 170
Uruguay
1
No. 171
USA
1
No. 172
Vanuatu
1
No. 173
Venezuela
1
No. 174
Vietnam
1
No. 175
Western Samoa
1
No. 176
Yemen
1