LC control no. | sh 85078095 |
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LC classification | QL666.C536 Zoology |
Topical heading | Loggerhead turtle |
Variant(s) | Caouana cephalo Caretta caretta Caretta nasuta Loggerhead sea turtle Testudo caouana Testudo caretta Thalassochelys caouana Thalassochelys caretta |
See also | Caretta |
Found in | LeBuff, C.R. The loggerhead turtle in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, c1990: p. 25 (Caretta caretta (Linneaus), loggerhead turtle; syn: Testudo caretta Linnaeus, Testudo caouana Daudin, Caretta nasuta Rafinesque, Thalassochelys caouana Fitzinger, Caouana cephalo Cocteau, Thalassochelys caretta Boulenger, Caretta caretta Siebenrock; formerly divided into two races or subspecies: Caretta caretta caretta, Atlantic loggerhead, and Caretta caretta gigas, Pacific loggerhead; researchers have shown differences do not justify division into subspecific forms) Tuttle, J.A. Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting on a Georgia barrier island, 2007. |