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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • AFD
Synonym Source
Testudo nigrita Tamayo, 1962 synonym
  • AFD
Chelonia mydas carrinegra Caldwell, 1962 synonym
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Chelonia lata Philippi, 1887 synonym
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Chelone viridis (Schneider, 1883) synonym
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Chelonia depressa Garman, 1880 synonym
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Chelonia agassizii Bocourt, 1868 synonym
  • AFD
Chelonia midas Bocage, 1866 synonym
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Unranked taxon assigned rank species by inference
Chelonia albiventer Nardo, 1864 synonym
  • AFD
Chelonia tenuis Girard, 1858 synonym
  • AFD
Chelonia formosa Girard, 1858 synonym
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Chelonia marmorata Duméril & Bibron, 1835 synonym
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Chelonia bicarinata Lesson, 1834 synonym
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Chelonia maculosa Cuvier, 1829 synonym
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Chelonia lachrymata Cuvier, 1829 synonym
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Caretta thunbergii Merrem, 1820 synonym
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Caretta esculenta Merrem, 1820 synonym
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Caretta cepedii Merrem, 1820 synonym
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Chelonia virgata Schweigger, 1812 synonym
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Testudo rugosa Daudin, 1802 synonym
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Testudo cepediana Daudin, 1802 synonym
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Testudo chloronotus Bechstein, 1800 synonym
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Testudo viridisquamosa Lacépède, 1788 synonym
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Testudo marina vulgaris Lacépède, 1788 synonym
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Testudo viridis Schneider, 1783 synonym
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Testudo macropus Walbaum, 1782 synonym
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Testudo mydas Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
  • AFD
Common Name Source
Green Turtle preferred Australia Australia
Green Turtle Australia Australia
  • AFD
Green Turtle
Name Source
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted
  • AFD
Chelonia mydas accepted

Scientific name reallocated to Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) by taxonomy builder
Identifier Source
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:2d605472-979b-49b4-aed3-03a384e9f706 Taxon LSID unknown
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/7db9880a-959f-40cc-9469-0cb3a800e339 Scientific Name current
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2d605472-979b-49b4-aed3-03a384e9f706 Taxon current
  • AFD
39020002 CAAB Code current
  • CAAB
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2d605472-979b-49b4-aed3-03a384e9f706 Taxon Concept current
  • AFD
ALA_DR22891_17 Taxon current
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2d605472-979b-49b4-aed3-03a384e9f706 Taxon unknown
  • AFD

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
class
REPTILIA
order
TESTUDINES
family
CHELONIIDAE
genus
Chelonia
species
Chelonia mydas
subspecies
Chelonia mydas japonica (Thunberg, 1787) 
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