Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Caretta caretta · described by (LINNAEUS 1758)
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The facts
- Scientific name
- Caretta caretta
- First described
- (LINNAEUS 1758)
- Also called
- Loggerhead Sea Turtle
- Class
- Reptiles (Reptilia)
- Order
- Turtles and Tortoises (Testudines)
- Family
- Cheloniidae
- Genus
- Caretta
Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.