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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • AFD
Published in:CAVS 2006, "Census of Australian Vertebrate Species"
Synonym Source
Thalassochelys corticata Girard, 1858 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1979, Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 6. Guide to Mexican Turtles. Bibliographic Addendum 3, 1044, John Johnson, North Bennington, Vermont
Chelonia pelasgorum Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1979, Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 6. Guide to Mexican Turtles. Bibliographic Addendum 3, 1044, John Johnson, North Bennington, Vermont
Chelonia cavanna Oken, 1816 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1979, Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 6. Guide to Mexican Turtles. Bibliographic Addendum 3, 1044, John Johnson, North Bennington, Vermont
Chelonia cahuano Tamayo, 1962 synonym
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Published in:Tamayo, J.L. 1962, Geografía general de México. Tomo III. Geografía biológica y humana, 633, Inst. Méx. Inv. Económicas, México p373
Caretta careta Tamayo, 1962 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Tamayo, J.L. 1962, Geografía general de México. Tomo III. Geografía biológica y humana, 633, Inst. Méx. Inv. Económicas, México p373

Unranked taxon assigned rank species by inference
Caouana elongata Gray, 1844 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Gray, J.E. 1844, Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphibians in the Collection of the British Museum, viii 80 pp., British Museum, London p53
Testudo corianna Gray, 1831 synonym
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Published in:Gray, J.E. 1831, Synopsis Reptilium; or Short Descriptions of the Species of Reptiles: Cataphracta. Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Enaliosaurians, vol. 1, viii 85 pp., Treuttel, Würtz & Co., London p53
Caretta atra Merrem, 1820 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Merrem, B. 1820, Versuch eines Systems Amphibien. Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum, xv 199, Krieger, Marburg p17
Caretta nasuta Rafinesque, 1814 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Rafinesque, C.S. 1814, "Prodromo di erpetologia siciliana. In: Specchio della Scienze, o Giornale enciclopedico di Sicilia. Deposito letterario delle moderne cognizioni, scoperte et osservazioni sopra le scienze ed arti. Palermo, Vol. 2, 196 pp.", 65-67, 102-104 p66
Testudo nasicornis Lacépède, 1788 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Lacépède, B.G.E. 1788, "Histoire naturelle des Quadrupèdes ovipares et serpens", Ed. Buffon, G.L.L. (ed.), Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière, avec la description du cabinet du roi, 95-104, Royal Printer 1 (Synops. Méth), Paris p103
Testudo caouana Lacépède, 1788 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Lacépède, B.G.E. 1788, "Histoire naturelle des Quadrupèdes ovipares et serpens", Ed. Buffon, G.L.L. (ed.), Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière, avec la description du cabinet du roi, 95-104, Royal Printer 1 (Synops. Méth), Paris p95
Testudo cephalo Schneider, 1783 synonym
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Published in:Schneider, J.G. 1783, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Schildkröten, nebst einem systematischen Verzeichnisse der einzelnen Arten, xlviii 364, Müller, Leipzig p303
Testudo caretta Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Linnaeus, C. 1758, "Classis III. Amphibia", Ed. Linnaeus, C., Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata, vol. 1, pp. 194-238, 10 Edn.ed., Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae p197
Chelonia caretta synonym
Common Name Source
Loggerhead Turtle Australia Australia
Loggerhead Turtle Australia Australia
  • AFD
Name Source
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted
  • AFD
Identifier Source
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:910b27e8-19c3-4194-b55a-fd95a80ccdf9 Taxon LSID unknown
  • AFD
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
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/910b27e8-19c3-4194-b55a-fd95a80ccdf9 Taxon Concept current
  • AFD
39020001 CAAB Code current
  • CAAB
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5b2a4742-5f82-4ead-b826-9e191087c751 Scientific Name 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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