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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • AFD
Synonym Source
Chelonia cahuano Tamayo, 1962 synonym
  • AFD
Caretta careta Tamayo, 1962 synonym
  • AFD

Unranked taxon assigned rank species by inference
Thalassochelys corticata Girard, 1858 synonym
  • AFD
Caouana elongata Gray, 1844 synonym
  • AFD
Chelonia pelasgorum Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833 synonym
  • AFD
Testudo corianna Gray, 1831 synonym
  • AFD
Caretta atra Merrem, 1820 synonym
  • AFD
Chelonia cavanna Oken, 1816 synonym
  • AFD
Caretta nasuta Rafinesque, 1814 synonym
  • AFD
Testudo nasicornis Lacépède, 1788 synonym
  • AFD
Testudo caouana Lacépède, 1788 synonym
  • AFD
Testudo cephalo Schneider, 1783 synonym
  • AFD
Testudo caretta Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
  • AFD
Common Name Source
Loggerhead Turtle preferred Australia Australia
Loggerhead Turtle Australia Australia
  • AFD
Loggerhead Turtle
Name Source
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted
  • AFD
Caretta caretta accepted

Scientific name reallocated to Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) by taxonomy builder
Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5b2a4742-5f82-4ead-b826-9e191087c751 Scientific Name current
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/910b27e8-19c3-4194-b55a-fd95a80ccdf9 Taxon Concept current
  • AFD
39020001 CAAB Code current
  • CAAB
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:910b27e8-19c3-4194-b55a-fd95a80ccdf9 Taxon LSID unknown
  • AFD
ALA_DR22891_14 Taxon current
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/910b27e8-19c3-4194-b55a-fd95a80ccdf9 Taxon unknown
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/910b27e8-19c3-4194-b55a-fd95a80ccdf9 Taxon current
  • AFD

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
class
REPTILIA
order
TESTUDINES
family
CHELONIIDAE
genus
Caretta
species
Caretta caretta
subspecies
Caretta caretta gigas Deraniyagala, 1933 
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