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Loggerhead turtle

LC control no.sh 85078095
LC classificationQL666.C536 Zoology
Topical headingLoggerhead turtle
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Variant(s)Caouana cephalo
Caretta caretta
Caretta nasuta
Loggerhead sea turtle
Testudo caouana
Testudo caretta
Thalassochelys caouana
Thalassochelys caretta
See alsoCaretta
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Found inLeBuff, 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.