Caretta caretta

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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
Synonym/s:
Testudo caretta Linnaeus, 1758

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered   A1abd   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Marine Turtle Specialist Group
Reviewer/s:
Justification:
Documentation about the rationale for listing, habitats, threats, etc. is not yet available.
History:
1994 – Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Vulnerable (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
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

Habitat and Ecology [top]

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

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It is listed on CITES Appendix I.

Bibliography [top]

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.

Groombridge, B. 1982. The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book, Part 1: Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynocehapalia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Marine Turtle Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
Citation: Marine Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Caretta caretta. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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