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