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Testudo caretta = Caretta caretta (loggerhead sea turtle)
Subject: Testudo caretta = Caretta caretta (loggerhead sea turtle)
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Testudo caretta - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ11600207.Caretta caretta (loggerhead sea turtle).jpg
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Testudo caretta = Caretta caretta (loggerhead sea turtle)


Fig.3. Testudo caretta Linn.
Date between 1700 and 1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Testudo caretta
New Latin name Caretta caretta
Common name
Nederlands: Onechte karetschildpad
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Testudo_caretta_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ11600207.tif

The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. Caretta caretta is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The skin of Caretta caretta ranges from yellow to brown in color, and the shell is typically reddish brown. Caretta caretta is found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea.

Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Chelonioidea
Family: Cheloniidae
Subfamily: Carettinae
Genus: Caretta
Species: Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)

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