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Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)
ReptileverifiedVulnerable

Caretta caretta

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Also known as: Loggerhead, Sea Turtle, Atlantic Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Common Loggerhead Turtle, Indo-Pacific Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Loggerhead Turtle

Verified againstWoRMS

Taxonomy

Class

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Order

Testudines

Family

Cheloniidae

Where to find it

Other species in Cheloniidae

Sea Turtle (Natator depressus)

Natator depressus

Sea Turtle

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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Atlantic Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)

Lepidochelys kempii

Atlantic Ridley

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

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