Loggerhead turtle
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078095
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85078095#concept
Variants
- Caouana cephalo
- Caretta caretta
- Caretta nasuta
- Loggerhead sea turtle
- Testudo caouana
- Testudo caretta
- Thalassochelys caouana
- Thalassochelys caretta
Broader Terms
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Sources
- found: 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)
- found: Tuttle, J.A. Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting on a Georgia barrier island, 2007.
LC Classification
- QL666.C536
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Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2008-04-03: revised
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