Loggerhead turtle

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
צב ים חום
Name (Latin)
Loggerhead turtle
Name (Arabic)
اللجأة مكتلة الرأس
Other forms of name
Caouana cephalo
Caretta caretta
Caretta nasuta
Loggerhead sea turtle
Testudo caouana
Testudo caretta
Thalassochelys caouana
Thalassochelys caretta
See Also From tracing topical name
Caretta
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q192095
Library of congress: sh 85078095
Sources of Information
  • 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)
  • Tuttle, J.A. Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting on a Georgia barrier island, 2007.