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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Cheloniidae (Marine Turtles)
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Caretta (Loggerhead Turtles)
species
species list
Original Description
Rafinesque 1814 : 66
Common Name
Loggerhead Turtles
Distribution
As for the single species
Comments
Reviewed by Dodd (1990a).
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