EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Eretmochelys
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Cheloniidae (Marine Turtles)
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Turtles)
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- Original Description
- Fitzinger 1843 : 30
- Common Name
- Hawksbill Turtles
- Distribution
- As for the single species
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979). Brongersma (1972) discussed the confusion between this genus and Caretta.
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