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Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Caretta caretta caretta
Caretta caretta gigas Deraniyagala 1939
Subspecies recognized by GBIF national node type records UK
Caretta caretta
Species recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, Listed Species in Texas, Bailiwick of Jersey Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Canada Species List, Cape Verde Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Croatia Species List, Fiji Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Ireland Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Morocco Species List, New Zealand Species List, Palestine Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Portugal Species List, Seychelles Species List, Singapore Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Turkey Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, wikipedia ID, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Mexico Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Indian Ocean Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia BR, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia SK, wikipedia NN, wikipedia SL, NCBI, Gulf of Oman Species List, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, EOL authors, wikipedia gl Galician, Wildfinder (WWF), Adriatic Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, and United States Species List
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758)
Caretta caretta gigas
Subspecies recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Caretta gigas
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Testudo caretta
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Thalassochelys caretta
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Thalassochelys corticata
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Thalassochelys corticata Girard 1858

Alternative Names

Caouana elongata Gray 1844
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Caretta atra Merrem 1820
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Caretta caretta caretta Mertens & Müller 1928
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Caretta caretta gigas Deraniyagala 1939
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Caretta gigas Deraniyagala 1933
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Caretta nasuta Rafinesque 1814
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Cephalochelys oceanica Gray 1873
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Chelonia caouana Duméril & Bibron 1835
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Chelonia caretta Dyce 1861
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Chelonia dubia Bleeker 1889
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Chelonia multiscutata Kuhl 1820
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Chelonia pelasgorum Bory 1833
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Chelonia polyaspis Bleeker 1889
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Testudo caouana Lacépède 1788
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Testudo caretta Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Testudo cephalo Schneider 1783
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Testudo corianna Gray 1831
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Testudo marina Garsault 1764
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Testudo nasicornis Lacépède 1788
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Thalassiochelys tarapacona Philippi 1887
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Thalassochelys caretta Boulenger 1886
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Thalassochelys cauana Boettger 1880
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Thalassochelys cephalo Barbour & Cole 1906
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Thalassochelys controversa Philippi 1899
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Thalassochelys corticata Girard 1858
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Caouana elongata Gray 1844
Caretta caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Caretta caretta caretta Mertens & Müller 1928
Caretta atra Merrem 1820
Caretta caretta gigas
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Caretta caretta gigas Deraniyagala 1933
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Caretta caretta gigas Deraniyagala 1939
Caretta caretta
Caretta caretta Stejneger 1904
Synonym according to Bibliotheca Alexandrina LifeDesk
Caretta gigas Deraniyagala 1933
Caretta nasuta Rafinesque 1814
Cephalochelys oceanica Gray 1873
Chelonia caouana Duméril & Bibron 1835
Chelonia caretta
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Chelonia caretta Dyce 1861
Chelonia dubia Bleeker 1889
Chelonia multiscutata Kuhl 1820
Chelonia pelasgorum Bory 1833
Chelonia polyaspis Bleeker 1889
Testudo caouana Lacépède 1788
Testudo caretta
Synonym according to ReptileDB and NCBI
Testudo caretta Linnaeus 1758
Testudo cephalo Schneider 1783
Testudo corianna Gray 1831
Testudo marina Garsault 1764
Testudo nasicornis Lacépède 1788
Thalassiochelys tarapacona Philippi 1887
Thalassochelys caretta
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Thalassochelys caretta Boulenger 1886
Thalassochelys cauana
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Thalassochelys cauana Boettger 1880
Thalassochelys cephalo
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Thalassochelys cephalo Barbour & Cole 1906
Thalassochelys controversa Philippi 1899
Thalassochelys corticata Girard 1858
Caouana cephalo
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Caouana elongata
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Caouana elongata
Synonym according to CITES
Caouana elongata Gray 1844
Caouana elongata Gray 1844
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Caouana elongata Gray 1844
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Caretta atra
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Caretta atra
Synonym according to CITES
Caretta atra Merrem 1820
Caretta atra Merrem 1820
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Caretta atra Merrem 1820
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Caretta caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758)
Caretta caretta caretta Mertens & Müller 1928
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Caretta caretta gigas Deraniyagala 1939
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Caretta gigas
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Caretta gigas
Synonym according to CITES
Caretta gigas Deraniyagala 1933
Caretta gigas Deraniyagala 1933
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Caretta gigas Deraniyagala 1933
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Caretta nasuta
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Caretta nasuta
Synonym according to CITES
Caretta nasuta Rafinesque 1814
Caretta nasuta Rafinesque 1814
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Caretta nasuta Rafinesque 1814
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Cephalochelys oceanica Gray 1873
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Cephalochelys oceanica Gray 1873
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Chelonia Caouana
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Chelonia caouana Duméril & Bibron 1835
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Chelonia caretta Dyce 1861
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Chelonia dubia Bleeker 1889
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Chelonia dubia Bleeker 1889
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Chelonia multiscutata Kuhl 1820
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Chelonia multiscutata Kuhl 1820
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Chelonia pelasgica
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Chelonia pelasgorum
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Chelonia pelasgorum
Synonym according to CITES
Chelonia pelasgorum Bory 1833
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Chelonia pelasgorum Bory 1833
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Chelonia pelasgorum Bory de Saint-Vincent 1833
Chelonia polyaspis Bleeker 1889
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Chelonia polyaspis Bleeker 1889
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo caouana
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Testudo caouana
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo caouana Bonnaterre 1789
Testudo caouana Lacépède 1788
Testudo caouana Lacépède 1788
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Testudo caouana Lacépède 1788
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo caretta
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Testudo caretta
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo caretta Linnaeus 1758
Testudo caretta Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Testudo caretta Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo cephalo
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Testudo cephalo
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo cephalo Schneider 1783
Testudo cephalo Schneider 1783
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Testudo cephalo Schneider 1783
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo corianna
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Testudo corianna Gray 1831
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Testudo corianna Gray 1831
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo lauanna
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Testudo lauanna Meyer 1790
Testudo marina
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Testudo marina Garsault 1764
Testudo marina Garsault 1764
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Testudo marina Garsault 1764
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Testudo nasicornis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Testudo nasicornis
Synonym according to CITES
Testudo nasicornis Lacépède 1788
Testudo nasicornis Lacépède 1788
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Testudo nasicornis Lacépède 1788
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Thalassiochelys tarapacona Philippi 1887
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Thalassiochelys tarapacona Philippi 1887
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Thalassochelys
Synonym according to ReptileDB and Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Thalassochelys (Halichelys) atra
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Thalassochelys caretta
Synonym according to CITES
Thalassochelys caretta Boulenger 1886
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Thalassochelys cauana Boettger 1880
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Thalassochelys cephalo Barbour & Cole 1906
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Thalassochelys controversa Philippi 1899
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Thalassochelys controversa Philippi 1899
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Thalassochelys corticata
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Thalassochelys corticata
Synonym according to CITES
Thalassochelys corticata Girard 1858
Thalassochelys corticata Girard 1858
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Thalassochelys corticata Girard 1858
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Loggerhead Turtle preferred
Loggerhead
Recognized by ReptileDB, Animal Diversity Web, and CITES
Loggerhead sea turtle
Recognized by USFWS, AnAge, and Flickr BHL
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Recognized by PlanetScott
loggerhead sea turtle
Testudo marina caouanna
Recognized by Flickr BHL
loggerhead turtle
logerhead sea turtle
loggerhead

Afrikaans

Karetseeskilpad preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Albanian

Breshka e ujit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
breshka e detit

Arabic

ترسة
سلحفاة بحرية ضخمة الرأس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Remani
Recognized by FAO species catalogs

Asturian

tartuga careta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Basque

Egiazko kareta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

логергэд preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bengali

মুগুরমাথা সাগর কাছিম preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Breton

Baot skantek preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

карета preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
kаretа
Карета

Catalan; Valencian

tortuga careta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

紅海龜 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
蠵龜
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
蠵龟 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Corsican

Cuppulata di mari preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Glavata želva preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

kareta obecná preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Uægte karette preferred
Recognized by CITES
uægte karette

Dutch; Flemish

Onechte Karetschildpad
Recognized by CITES
dikkopschildpad, onechte karetschildpad preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
dikkopschildpad
onechte karetschildpad

Esperanto

Kareto preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

valekarettikilpikonna preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

Caouanne
Recognized by CITES
Cayunne
Recognized by CITES
Coffre
Recognized by CITES
Tortue caouanne preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names
Tortue caret
Recognized by CITES
Tortue à bahut
Recognized by CITES
Caouane
Recognized by FAO species catalogs
caouanne preferred
tortue Caouanne

Galician

Tartaruga mariña común preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

თავკომბალა კუ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Unechte Karettschildkröte preferred
Recognized by ReptileDB, CITES, and Wikidata Common Names

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Καρέττα preferred

Hebrew

צב ים חום preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
צב-ים חום

Hungarian

álcserepesteknős preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Indonesian

Penyu tempayan preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Tartaruga caretta
Recognized by CITES
Tartaruga comune
Recognized by CITES
Caretta caretta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
tartaruga caretta
tartaruga comune
tartaruga marina

Japanese

アカウミガメ preferred

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Логгерхед preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

붉은바다거북 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Logerhedas preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

главеста желка preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malay

Penyu tempayan preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Táłtłʼááh chʼééh digháhii bitsiitsʼiin ntsaaígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

glattkarett preferred

Persian

لاک‌پشت سرخ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Karetta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

Tartaruga-careta
Recognized by CITES
Tartaruga-comum preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Логгерхед preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sardinian

Tostoine de abba preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

kareta obyčajná preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Tortuga marina, caguama

Inglés: Loggerhead
Recognized by INBio
Cayuma
Recognized by CITES
Tortuga boba
Recognized by CITES
Caguama preferred
Glavata kareta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Tortuga Boba
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Tortuga Cabezona
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Tortuga Careta
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Tortuga Comun
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
glavata kareta
tortuga boba

Swedish

falsk karettsköldpadda
Recognized by CITES
oäkta karettsköldpadda
Recognized by CITES
Oäkta karettsköldpadda preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tamil

பெருந்தலைக் கடலாமை preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

เต่าหัวค้อน preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkish

Caretta caretta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
deniz kaplumbagasi
deniz kaplumbağası
iribasli deniz kamlumbagasi
iribaşlı deniz kaplumbağası

Ukrainian

Довгоголова морська черепаха preferred
морська черепаха логгерхед

Unspecified

Penyu jun preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Rùa quản đồng preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Welsh

Môr-grwban pendew preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
crwban môr pendew

Wu

赤蠵龟 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

سلحفاه بحريه ضخمة الراس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Diq

Kesa deryay preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

کاریٹا کاریٹا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

蠵龟 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

蠵龟 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

蠵龜 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

蠵龜 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

赤蠵龜 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758)