Caretta caretta

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	CHELONIIDAE

Scientific Name:

Caretta caretta

Species Authority:

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Loggerhead
French	–	Caouanne, Tortue Caouanne
Spanish	–	Cayuma, Tortuga Boba

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered A1abd ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s

Marine Turtle Specialist Group

Justification:
Documentation about the rationale for listing, habitats, threats, etc. is not yet available.

History:

1994	–	Vulnerable (IUCN)
1990	–	Vulnerable (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Vulnerable
1986	–	Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982	–	Vulnerable

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Albania; Algeria; Australia; Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Belize; Brazil; Cayman Islands; China; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Cyprus; Dominican Republic; Egypt; Eritrea; France; Greece; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Indonesia; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Madagascar; Mexico; Montserrat; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; New Caledonia; Nicaragua; Oman; Panama; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Saint Lucia; Senegal; South Africa; Spain (Canary Is.); Sri Lanka; Tunisia; Turkey; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States; Uruguay; Venezuela; Virgin Islands, British Presence uncertain: Angola; Cape Verde; India; Myanmar; Papua New Guinea
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Atlantic – western central; Atlantic – northeast; Atlantic – northwest; Atlantic – southeast; Atlantic – southwest; Atlantic – eastern central; Indian Ocean – western; Indian Ocean – eastern; Mediterranean and Black Sea; Pacific – western central; Pacific – southwest; Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – northeast; Pacific – southeast

Countries:

Native:

Albania; Algeria; Australia; Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Belize; Brazil; Cayman Islands; China; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Cyprus; Dominican Republic; Egypt; Eritrea; France; Greece; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Indonesia; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Madagascar; Mexico; Montserrat; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; New Caledonia; Nicaragua; Oman; Panama; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Saint Lucia; Senegal; South Africa; Spain (Canary Is.); Sri Lanka; Tunisia; Turkey; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States; Uruguay; Venezuela; Virgin Islands, British

Presence uncertain:

Angola; Cape Verde; India; Myanmar; Papua New Guinea

FAO Marine Fishing Areas:

Native:

Atlantic – western central; Atlantic – northeast; Atlantic – northwest; Atlantic – southeast; Atlantic – southwest; Atlantic – eastern central; Indian Ocean – western; Indian Ocean – eastern; Mediterranean and Black Sea; Pacific – western central; Pacific – southwest; Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – northeast; Pacific – southeast

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Terrestrial nest sites
Systems:	Terrestrial; Marine

Citation:	Marine Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Caretta caretta. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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